始[shǐ] 基本解释:
新英汉大词典:
- 始[shǐ]
- 名词- (最初; 起头) beginning; start:
from beginning to end; from start to finish;自始至终
At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.始而不解,继而恍然。
- (姓氏) a surname:Shi Cheng始成
- 动词- (开始) start; begin:
not know exactly when this came into being;不知始于何时
A thousand-li journey begins with the first step.千里之行,始于足下。
- 副词- (才) only then; not ... until:
Steady progress can only be the result of persistent study.; Only persistent study yields steady progress.坚持学习,始能不断进步。
Traffic cannot pass through the square until the mass meeting is over.群众大会结束后,广场始能通行。
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例句与用法:
They have begun to do the prevention of crime.
The students began to feel homesick after they had been here for a month.
When he quieted down, I began to tell him the truth.
Excavation of the site will begin tomorrow.
It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.
He started work here last June.
After walking for four hours we were beginning to flag.
始的其他解释: