名词 starter:

1. an electric motor for starting an engine

2. a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning

3. the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition

4. any new participant in some activity

5. food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)

6. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

7. a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough

startern.起动机；发射架；开端；发起者；调度员；（竞赛的)参加者；（起跑或开车)发令员；开胃菜starter size开眼钎子的尺寸starter push起动按钮starter hive发酵剂馏出物Starter axis起动轴starter unit起始物单位starter rods构件外伸钢筋starter gear转向装置starter tile檐瓦starter disc起动器盘starter lamp点灯管

1. What would you like as a starter?
   您第一道菜想来点什么?
2. Of the five starters in the race only three finished.
   起跑时有五个,只有三个跑完全程。