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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If a man meets some one wearing the same thing they automatically strike up a conversation.
  如果一个男人见到和他穿着一模一样的另一个男人，他们马上就能聊起来，而一个女人处在相同的这种情况下就会对对方忿恨不已。
• Away from the internet women tend to strike up relationships with people they already know, such as work colleagues or former flames. Men on the other hand will head to nightclubs and bars in the hope of finding fleeting romance with someone other than their spouse.
  女性的婚外情对象一般是相识的人，比如同事或者旧情人，而不是在网上发展。而男性会去夜总会和酒吧，希望在那里和不同于伴侣的人发展一段短暂的恋情。
• These sentences are a wonderful way to strike up a conversation because most people love to talk about themselves and can't resist an invitation to share things about their experiences or lives.
  这些句子用来开始谈话是最好的了，因为大部分人喜欢谈论他们自己，不会拒绝机会去告诉别人他们的经历或他们的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's too shy to strike up a conversation with him.
  她太害羞了，不敢和他搭话。