strike up

英 [straɪk ʌp]

美 [straɪk ʌp]

开始（交谈）; 建立（友谊）; 开始（来往）; 开始演奏

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 开始(交谈);建立(友谊);开始(来往)
  When youstrike upa conversation or friendship with someone, you begin one.
  1. I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation...
     我跟着她进了彭尼家然后开始交谈起来。
  2. James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.
     詹姆斯和小岛上一个养了一匹小马的小男孩儿交上了朋友。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 开始演奏
  When musiciansstrike upa piece of music, or when musicstrikes up, the music begins.
  1. And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem...
     然后管弦乐队奏起了国歌。
  2. Music struck up in one of the big old buildings along the seafront...
     音乐从海滨区一栋古老的大楼里响起。
  3. The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring.
     乐队开始奏乐，骑手们列队绕场行进。

英英释义

verb

• begin
  1. strike up a conversation
  2. strike up a friendship
• start playing
  1. The musicians struck up a tune
  Synonym:sound off

双语例句

• The young man to my right was trying to strike up a conversation with the woman seated opposite us.
  我右边的年轻男子则试图与坐在对面的女人搭讪。
• You're looking for shared interests, shared experiences, and really any commonality you could use to strike up a conversation.
  你在寻找共同的兴趣、经历，以及任何能用来打开话头的共同点。
• However, my self-respect and reason warned me the girl was within sight but beyond reach. I, therefore, dared not venture to strike up a conversation with her.
  然而自尊和理智告诉我，这是一个可望而不可及的姑娘，所以我从不敢贸然在街上与她搭讪。
• The captain figures if a flight attendant hands the middle seat passenger a note from the pilot, those on either side will take notice and strike up a conversation.
  弗拉纳根机长认为，如果空乘人员送给中间座位的乘客一封感谢信，便能引起两边乘客的注意，让大家交谈起来。
• The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring.
  乐队开始奏乐，骑手们列队绕场行进。
• If you work in a cubicle, wear headphones: having them on makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.
  如果你有一个小的独立工作间，那就戴上你的耳麦：戴着它就不太会有人找你聊天。
• Please strike up a dent in the medal ( of a fender).
  请在（防护板的）金属上敲出凹痕。
• She's too shy to strike up a conversation with him.
  她太害羞了，不敢和他搭话。
• While doing business, he would strike up a conversation with his customers.
  他总是一边卖东西一边和顾客搭讪。
• Let then the flowers come out in my garden, though it is not their time; and let the midday bees strike up their lazy hum.
  那就让花朵在我的园中开放，虽然花时未到；让蜜蜂在中午奏起他们慵懒的嗡哼。