costar

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who shares star billing with another.
    — The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
  2. A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star.
    — Alas, always a costar but never a star.
动词 v.
  1. To perform with the billing of a costar. intransitive
    — People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.
  2. To feature (a number of star performers) jointly. transitive
    — Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M^([sic]) (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.

词形变化

costars plural costars present,singular,third-person costarring participle,present costarred participle,past costarred past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
English costar
From co- + star.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
English costar
From co- + star.
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