n. 开端, 开始, 出发, 起动, 开动

[机] 开动, 起动

Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng),
a. & n. from {Start}, v.

{Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the
valves in starting an engine.

{Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]

{Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from
which anything starts.

{Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which
competitors in a race start, or begin the race.

start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to
hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over,
to fall, Sw. st["o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte,
and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense
being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly.
[root]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.]
1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.]

2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise,
pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a
voluntary act.

And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer.

I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden.

Keep your soul to the work when ready to start
aside. --I. Watts.

But if he start,
It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak.

3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to
begin; as, to start in business.

At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden.

At intervals some bird from out the brakes
Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron.

4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a
seam may start under strain or pressure.

{To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue.

{To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against.

{To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office.

{To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to
come suddenly into notice or importance.