Starting-block
n. 起跑架
📖 牛津释义
starting-block
n either one of two blocks fixed to the ground against which a runner braces his feet at the start of a race 起跑器.
🧩 词语组成解析
starting
['stɑ:tiŋ]
n. 出发，开始;
v. 出发，启程( start的现在分词 );起动;提出（问题）;开办;
block
[blɑk]
n. 块;街区;<英>大楼，大厦;障碍物，阻碍;
vt. 阻止;阻塞;限制;
🗣️ 情景例句
So, what were you two talking about?
你们俩刚才谈什么了？
No. You should have taken the Yellow Line bus. You can get one at the next stop.
不是。你该乘黄线车才是。到下一站你可以搭上。
An even harder situation is to be on the platform in good time for a train and still to see it go off without you.
更难堪的情况是虽然及时赶到站台上，却眼睁睁地看着那趟火车启动，把你抛下。