star

星、恒星

太陽のように自ら光を出す、宇宙にある巨大な高温のガスの球。

やさしい英語で： A huge ball of hot gas in space that gives out light, like the sun.

• A bright star shone above the house.
• We watched the stars through a telescope.
• The sun is the nearest star to Earth.

よく使う表現： bright star, distant star, nearest star

スター、有名人

主に芸能やスポーツで、有名な人や特に才能のある人。

やさしい英語で： A famous or especially talented person, often in entertainment or sport.

• She wants to be a pop star.
• Fans waited outside to meet the film star.
• He became a basketball star at a young age.

類義語： celebrity, big name

よく使う表現： pop star, film star, rising star, sports star

星形、星

中心から外へ、ふつう五つか六つのとがった先端が伸びる形。

やさしい英語で： A shape with several points coming out from its center, often five or six.

• Draw a star on the paper.
• The teacher gave me a gold star.
• We hung silver stars on the tree.

よく使う表現： gold star, paper star, draw a star, star shape

主演俳優、主役

映画や番組、劇で最も重要な役の一つを演じる俳優。

やさしい英語で： An actor who has one of the most important parts in a film, show, or play.

• He is the star of this film.
• The show's star was ill, so filming stopped.
• Two young actors were chosen as the stars of the play.

使い方： the star of something (She is the star of the new comedy series.)

類義語： lead, leading actor

よく使う表現： star of something, the show's star, the film's star

アスタリスク、星印

文のそばに付けて注意や注を示す、*のような小さな記号。

やさしい英語で： A small mark like *, used beside text to draw attention or point to a note.

• Put a star beside your name.
• The star points to a note at the bottom.
• Names with stars are people who have already paid.

類義語： asterisk

よく使う表現： star symbol, star beside something, star next to something

運命の星、運命、運勢

未来を左右するとされる天体。複数形では、人の運命や運を表す。

やさしい英語で： A heavenly body believed to affect your future; in the plural, your fate or luck.

• She was born under a lucky star.
• He blamed his stars for his bad luck.
• What do the stars have in store for us?

類義語： fate, fortune, destiny

よく使う表現： lucky star, under a lucky star, in the stars

主演する、主役を演じる

映画や番組、劇で主要な役の一つを演じる。

やさしい英語で： To perform one of the main parts in a film, show, or play.

• She will star in the film.
• He starred as a doctor in a television drama.
• Who stars alongside you in the new play?

使い方： star in something (She starred in a popular television series.); star as someone (He stars as a detective in the new film.); star alongside someone (She will star alongside her sister in the comedy.)

類義語： play the lead, headline

よく使う表現： star in something, star as someone, star alongside someone

星印を付ける、アスタリスクを付ける

注意を引くため、何かのそばに*や★などの印を付ける。

やさしい英語で： To put a mark like * or ★ beside something to draw attention to it.

• Please star the important questions.
• I starred the messages I need to answer.
• Have you starred your favorite places on the map?

類義語： mark with an asterisk

よく使う表現： star a message, star a question, star something