a symbol (*) used to mark printed or written text, typically as a reference to an annotation or to stand for omitted matter
(印刷或书写中用以表示注释或省略的)星号(即*)。
[usu. as adj.
加星号于(印刷或书写的文字)
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asterisked entries .标有星号的条目。
"late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek