プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ほし【星】
❶〔天体〕a star
星の stellar; starry
星の光
starlight/stellar light
星のある[ない]夜
a starry [starless] night
空には星が瞬いていた
Stars were twinkling in the sky.
星をまき散らしたような空
a star-spangled sky
星が流れた
A star [meteor] shot across the sky.(▼meteor [míːtiər]は流星)
星が輝く寒い夜
a cold night with glittering stars
彼くらいの歌手なら星の数ほどいる
There are as many singers at his level as there are stars in the sky.
❷〔斑点〕a spot
古い鏡にあちこち星が入っている
The old mirror is specked [flecked] here and there.
彼は目に星ができている
He has a white speck in his eye.
❸〔目印〕a mark;〔星印〕an asterisk [ǽstərìsk]
星がついている単語
a word (marked) with an asterisk/an asterisked word
❹〔運勢〕one's star [fortune]
彼はいい[不幸な]星の下に生れた
He was born under 「a lucky [an unlucky] star.
彼女は易者に星を見てもらった
She consulted a fortuneteller.
❺〔勝負の成績〕one's [a team's] won-lost record
大分星を稼いだね
You've scored [《米口》 racked up] a lot of wins.
その大関は惜しいところで星を落とした
The ozeki lost a close bout [match].
今場所は星が悪い
He has had a poor record in this tournament.
❻〔的の中心〕the bull's-eye
❼〔犯人〕the culprit
星を挙げる
get one's man/catch [arrest] a wanted man
星が割れた
We've found out who did it.
星を頂く
work 「very hard [from morning till night]
星を指す
hit the mark; be exactly right
星を列(つら)ねる
政界の大物が星を列ねていた
There was an array of big names from political circles in attendance.
星明かり,星占い,星影
星くず
stardust; a multitude of stars
星空
((under)) a starlit sky
降るような星空だ
The sky is filled with stars.
星月夜
⇒星月夜
星取り表
⇒星取り表