asterisk
英 [ˈæs.tər.ɪsk]
美 [ˈæs.tɚ.ɪsk]
asterisk 星号词根aster, 星,同star. -isk, 小词后缀。
- asterisk (n.)
- "figure used in printing and writing to indicate footnote, omission, etc.," late 14c., asterich, asterisc, from Late Latin asteriscus, from Greek asterikos "little star," diminutive of aster "star" (see astro-). As a verb from 1733.
- 1. I've placed an asterisk next to the tasks I want you to do first.
- 我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
- 2. Items marked with an asterisk can be omitted.
- 打星号的项目可以删去。
- 3. The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.
- 星号是让读者参看脚注.
- 4. He added an asterisk to the first page .
- 他在第一页上加了个星号。
- 5. An asterisk designates quantities that refer to the volume element.
- 星号“☆”代表体积元的有关量.