Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
start [stɑːt]
I n
[c]
1
开(開)始 kāishǐ [个 gè]
- the start of the project
项(項)目的开(開)始 xiàngmù de kāishǐ
- the start of the year
年初 niánchū
2
(=departure) 开(開)端 kāiduān
- We need a fresh start.
我们(們)要有个(個)新的开(開)端(耑)。 Wǒmen yào yǒu gè xīn de kāiduān.
3
(=sudden movement) 惊(驚)跳 jīngtiào
- He awoke with a start.
他猛然惊(驚)醒。 Tā měngrán jīngxǐng.
4
(=lead) 先行 xiānxíng
- You must give me fifty metres start.
你一定要让(讓)我先行50米。 Nǐ yīdìng yào ràng wǒ xiānxíng wǔshí mǐ.
II vt
1
(=begin) 开(開)始 kāishǐ
- My father started work when he was ten.
我父亲(親)10岁(歲)时(時)开(開)始工作。 Wǒ fùqīn shí suì shí kāishǐ gōngzuò.
2
(=cause)
[+ fire, panic] 使产(產)生 shǐ chǎnshēng
[+ fire, panic] 使产(產)生 shǐ chǎnshēng
- I started a fire.
我生了火。 Wǒ shēngle huǒ.
3
(=found)
[+ business] 创(創)建 chuàngjiàn
[+ business] 创(創)建 chuàngjiàn
- He raised the money to start a restaurant.
他筹(籌)资(資)创(創)建了一家餐馆(館)。 Tā chóuzī chuàngjiànle yī jiā cānguǎn.
4
[+ engine, car] 启(啟)动(動) qǐdòng
III vi
start off vi
1
(=begin) 开(開)始 kāishǐ
- The meeting starts at 7.
会(會)议(議)7点(點)开(開)始。 Huìyì qī diǎn kāishǐ.
2 (with fright) 惊(驚)起 jīngqǐ
- It caused her to start back in terror.
她被吓(嚇)得往后(後)跳了一下。 Tā bèi xià de wǎng hòu tiàole yīxià.
3
[engine, car] 启(啟)动(動) qǐdòng
- The car wouldn't start.
那辆(輛)车(車)启(啟)动(動)不了。 Nà liàng chē qǐdòng bùliǎo.
4
▶ to start as sth 从(從)做某事发(發)迹(跡) cóng zuò mǒushì fājì
- Mr. Dunbar started as an assistant.
邓(鄧)伯先生从(從)当(當)助理起家。 Dèngbó xiānsheng cóng dāng zhùlǐ qǐjiā.
- at the start
(=at first) 一开(開)始 yī kāishǐ - for a start
(=firstly) 首先 shǒuxiān - from the start
从(從)一开(開)始 cóng yī kāishǐ - to get off to a good/bad start
开(開)头(頭)顺(順)利/开(開)头(頭)不顺(順)利 kāitóu shùnlì/kāitóu bù shùnlì - to make an early start
一早出发(發) yī zǎo chūfā - from start to finish
从(從)头(頭)至尾 cóng tóu zhì wěi - to start doing or to do sth
开(開)始做某事 kāishǐ zuò mǒushì - to start (off) with
(=initially)开(開)始时(時) kāishǐ shí
1
(=begin) 开(開)始从(從)事 kāishǐ cóngshì
- He started off as an assistant.
他从助理做起。 Tā cóng zhùlǐ zuò qǐ.
2
(=begin moving) 动(動)身 dòngshēn
start on vt fus
不可拆分
开(開)始 kāishǐ
start out vi
(=begin) 开(開)始 kāishǐ- to start off by doing sth
首先做某事 shǒuxiān zuò mǒushì
- It started out as fun, but it became hard work.
开(開)始很好玩，但后(後)来(來)变(變)得很费(費)劲(勁)。 Kāishǐ hěn hǎo wán，dàn hòulái biàn de hěn fèijìn.
- to start out by doing sth
最先做某事 zuì xiān zuò mǒushì
I vt
1
[+ business] 创(創)办(辦) chuàngbàn
2
[+ engine, car] 发(發)动(動) fādòng
II vi
[engine, car] 发(發)动(動) fādòng
在这些条目还发现'starting'：
在英文解释里：
as from
- as of
- at the beginning
- back to the drawing board
- base
- beginner
- comer
- conception
- firelighter
- first step
- from
- from now on
- from scratch
- from that moment on
- from then on
- from this moment on
- from this point
- from this point forward
- full circle
- go from there
- head start
- inauguration
- initial expenses
- intermittent
- intermittently
- jumper cables
- jumping-off place
- jumping-off point
- launch pad
- looking up
- low
- on your mark
- opening price
- packing up
- point of departure
- pole position
- reactivation
- rebuilding
- restart
- springboard
- square one
- start
- starter
- starting salary
- startup
- stop-go
- trailhead
- up and coming
- very beginning
- zero
中文：