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Saturn 土星
sabbatical (n) 学术休假
sabotage (v) 蓄意破坏, 刻意阻碍
salmon (n) 鲑鱼
salon (n) 美发厅, 美容院 高级宅邸的客厅 Customers always feel very comfortable and relaxed in the salon.
sandstone (n) 砂岩
sap (n) 液, 脂 (树脂) 笨蛋
sapling (n) 小树苗🌱 seeds and saplings
satire (n) 讽刺
scale (n) 天平⚖️
scanty (adj) 不足的, 欠缺的 形容衣服暴露的
scarcity (n) 缺乏, 不足, 缺少
scatter (v) 散落
scavenge (v) 在...中搜寻, 捡拾, 乞求(捡破烂) Much of their furniture was scavenged from other people‘s garbage.
scoop (n) 勺子🥄
scrap (adj) 零碎的
scrutiny (n) 仔细审查 After close scrutiny: [正式] 经过仔细审查
scuba (n) 水肺, 水下呼吸工具
seal (n) 海豹🦭 印章
secretion 分泌物
secular (adj) 世俗的, 现世的, 非宗教的 But artists were starting to experiment with a more secular point of view as well, a tendency to also use the natural world as the subject matter for their art.
sedentary (n) 久坐的
segregate (v) (adj) 分开的 使...分开 Smokers and non-smokers are segregated from each other in the hotel. 反义词为aggregate
seminar (n) 研讨班
sentiment (n) 态度, 情感
sentimental (adj) 深情的, 感性的, 伤感的
sever (v) 割断 切下 The storm severed power lines in many areas last night.
sewage (n) 污水
shatter (v) 粉碎, 毁灭
shepherd (v) (n) 放牧 牧羊人
shingle 鹅卵石
shipwreck (n) 海难, 船舶失事
shore (n) 海岸, 境内
shrine (n) 圣殿 圣物箱
shrinkage (n) 收缩, 收缩量, 收缩程度
shroud (n) 裹尸布 寿衣
shrub (n) 灌木
shuttle (n) 交通工具 space shuttle: 宇宙飞船
sibling (n) 兄弟姐妹
simultaneously (adv) 同时, 联立 急切地 Students answered the teacher's question simultaneously.
skeleton 骨架
skyscraper (n) 摩天大楼
slant (v) (n) 使...歪斜 歪斜
sloping (adj) 倾斜的
sludge (n) 泥浆
slug (n) 蛞蝓 子弹
snap (v) 突然折断
snowball (v) 像滚雪球一样形成
soar (v) 翱翔
solitary (adj) 孤独的
songbird (n) 鸣禽
soot (n) 煤烟
sophisticate (n) 精于xxx的人 使迷惑, 使误解, 诡辩 He regarded himself as an urban sophisticate.
sophisticated (adj) 先进的, 复杂的
sophistry (n) 诡辩
sovereign (n) 元首, 君主
sparse 稀少的 稀疏的
sparse (adj) 稀少的 Urbanization leads to an increasing number of rural areas with sparse populations.
spearhead (v) (n) 矛头 先锋 = pioneer
specialty 特产, 特色菜, 特色服务(specialities)
specialty (n) 特长
specimen (n) 样品
spectator (n) 体育比赛的观众
speculate (v) 猜测
speculation 猜测
spice (n) 香料
spillage (v) 溢出, 溢出的液体
splatter (v) 哔哩啪啦的落下 使水泼洒在...上 The wall was splattered with blood.
spontaneous (adj) 主动的
sprout (v) 发芽
spruce 云杉树
spurt (n) (v) 冒出, 喷出 冲刺前进
squid (n) 鱿鱼🦑
stab (v) 刺, 戳, 捅 He was stabbed to death in a racist attack,
stagnation (n) 停止, 停滞, 萧条
stalk (n) (植物的)茎
stamina (n) 耐力 As a long-distance runner, you need to endure a great test of stamina.
stance (n) 立场 站立姿势
starfish (n) 海星
stark 荒凉的 单调的 没有生气的
startle (v) 使...惊吓 The explosion startled the children.
stationary (adj) 静止不动的
statue 雕塑 = sculpture
stellar (adj) 恒星的
stem (v) (n) 起源于 植物的梗, 干, 茎
stiff (adj) 僵硬的
stitch (n) 一针 🪡
stock 股票 / 储备(v) be stocked with: 储备有
strain (v) 扭伤, 劳损, 竭尽全力 压力
strangle (v) 掐死
strip (v) 脱光 除去 Stripped also of his direct political influence, Oppenheimer continued to lecture, write, and work in physics.
stumble (v) 磕磕绊绊 结巴 English isn't my native language, so please bear with me if I stumble a bit.
sturdy 粗壮的
subdue (v) 制服 征服
subject (领袖的)子民 (实验的)对象 (作品的)主题
subjectivism (n) 乐观主义
submerge (v) 沉没, 从视线中消失
submissive (adj) 顺从的
subsequent (adj) 后来的
subsidize (v) 资助, 补助
subsistence (n) 维持生计
substantial 大量的 本质的 (essential), 有价值的 A substantial number of people supported the reform policy.
substantiate (v) (提供证据来)证明 Nobody can offer any evidence to substantiate his claims.
substrate 底层 基层
suburb (n) 郊区
successive (adj) 连续的 He won the game for the second successive year.
succinct (adj) 简洁的
sulphate (n) 硫酸盐
sulphur (n) 硫, 硫磺 Sulphur dioxide: 二氧化硫
summit (n) 峰会
sunspot (n) 太阳黑子
supernova (n) 超新星
supersede (v) 取代
supplant (v) 取代
suppress (v) 抑制 镇压 The rebellion was brutally suppressed.
surge (n) (v) 激增 波浪的涌动 The unexpected surge in inflation put the country's economy into crisis.
surgeon (n) 外科医生
surgery (n) 外科医学 外科手术室
surmise (v) 猜测/推测 (assume, hypothesis, speculation)
surpass (v) 超过, 胜过 He hopes one day to surpass the world record.
surrealism (n) 超现实主义
susceptible (adj) 敏感的, 过敏的 易动感情的, 易受影响的 Newly born babies are more susceptible to infections than adults.
suspicion (n) 怀疑 They walked away slowly to avoid causing suspicion.
sustain (v) 维持 忍受, 支持
swift (adj) 敏捷的
swordfish (n) 剑鱼
syllabus (n) 教学大纲
symbiotic (adj) 共栖的, 共生的 The fungus have a symbiotic relationship with trees.
symmetrical (adj) 对称的 (= symmetric) asymmetrical: 非对称的 (= asymmetric)
synchronization (n) 同步的
synopsis (n) 概要
synthesize (v) 合成