an aperture or gap, especially one allowing access 缺口;空 she peered through one of the smaller openings. 她从其中的一个小孔窥视。
(figurative)an opportunity to achieve something (喻)机会 they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered. 他们似乎已经充分利用了所提供的机会。 ■an available job or position (职位)空缺 there are few openings for the ex-footballer. 对曾经是足球运动员的人来说空缺的职位很少。
a beginning; an initial part 开始;开始部分 Maya started tapping out the opening of her story. 玛雅开始打出了她故事的开头。 ■the occasion of the first performance of a play, film, etc., of the start of an exhibition, or of a public building being officially ready for use, marked by a ceremony or celebratory gathering 首演;首映;开放典礼 ■(Chess)a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game (棋)开局 ■a counsel's preliminary statement of a case in a law court 开辩词
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[attrib.]coming at the beginning of something; initial 开始的;最初的 she stole the show with her opening remark. 她用开场词抢走了整场演出的风头。