Barron词汇 S |
Barron词汇 S
3046. saboteur
释义: one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
例句: Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
3047. saccharine
释义: cloyingly sweet
例句: She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
3048. sacrilegious
释义: desecrating; profane
例句: His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
3049. sacrosanct
释义: most sacred; inviolable
例句: The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.
3050. sadistic
释义: inclined to cruelty
例句: If we are to improve conditions in this prison, we must first get rid of the sadistic warden.
3051. saga
释义: Scandinavian myth; any legend
例句: This is a saga of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
3052. sagacious
释义: keen; shrewd; having insight
例句: He is much too sagacious to be fooled by a trick like that.
3053. sage
释义: person celebrated for wisdom
例句: Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet, Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary sage.
3054. salacious
释义: lascivious; lustful
例句: Chaucer's monk is not pious but salacious, a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
3055. salient
释义: prominent
例句: One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
3056. saline
释义: salty
例句: The slightly saline taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
3057. sallow
释义: yellowish; sickly in color
例句: We were disturbed by his sallow complexion, which was due to jaundice.
3058. salubrious
释义: healthful
例句: Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the months of August and September.
3059. salutary
释义: tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome
例句: The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy, as he became a model student.
3060. salvage
释义: rescue from loss
例句: All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.
3061. sanctimonious
释义: displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
例句: You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout.
3062. sanction
释义: approve; ratify
例句: Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
3063. sanguinary
释义: bloody
例句: The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly sanguinary with many casualties.
3064. sanguine
释义: cheerful; hopeful
例句: Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong.
3065. sap
释义: diminish; undermine
例句: The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on Superman: it sapped his strength.
3066. sarcasm
释义: scornful remarks, stinging rebuke
例句: His feelings were hurt by the sarcasm of his supposed friends.
3067. sardonic
释义: disdainful; sarcastic; cynical
例句: The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
3068. sartorial
释义: pertaining to tailors
例句: He was as famous for the sartorial splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.
3069. sate
释义: satisfy to the full; cloy
例句: Its hunger sated, the lion dozed.
3070. satellite
释义: small body revolving around a larger one
例句: During the first few years of the Space Age, hundreds of satellites were launched by Russia and the United States.
3071. satiate
释义: surfeit; satisfy fully
例句: The guests, having eaten until they were satiated, now listened inattentively to the speakers.
3072. satire
释义: form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly
例句: Gulliver's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking human folly.
3073. satirical
释义: mocking
例句: The humor of cartoonists Gary Trudeau often is satirical; though the comments of the Doonesbury characters, Trudeau ridicules political corruption and folly.
3074. saturate
释义: soak
例句: Their clothes were saturated by the rain.
3075. saturnine
释义: gloomy
例句: Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.
3076. satyr
释义: half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning
例句: He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct.
3077. saunter
释义: stroll slowly
例句: As we sauntered through the park, we stopped frequently to admire the spring flowers.
3078. savant
释义: scholar
例句: Our faculty includes many worldfamous savants.
3079. savor
释义: enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
例句: Relishing his triumph, Costner especially savored the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.
3080. savory
释义: tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
例句: Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests.
3081. scabbard
释义: case for a sword blade; sheath
例句: The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.
3082. scad
释义: a great quantity
例句: Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt, Phil replied, "No, thanks: I've got scads of clothes."
3083. scaffold
释义: temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution
例句: Before painting the house, the workers put up a scaffold to allow them to work on the second story.
3084. scale
释义: climb up; ascend
例句: To locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks, Lee had to scale an exceptionally rickety ladder.
3085. scanty
释义: meager; insufficient
例句: Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more.
3086. scapegoat
释义: someone who bears the blame for others
例句: After the Challenger disaster, NASA searched for scapegoats on whom they could cast the blame.
3087. scavenge
释义: hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
例句: If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock, try scavenging for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.
3088. scenario
释义: plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto
例句: Scaramouche startled the other actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary scenario and began to improvise.
3089. schematic
释义: relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols
例句: In working out the solution to an analytical logic question, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information given in the question.
3090. schism
释义: division; split
例句: Let us not widen the schism by further bickering.
3091. scintilla
释义: shred; least bit
例句: You have not produced a scintilla of evidence to support your argument.
3092. scintillate
释义: sparkle; flash
例句: I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation scintillates.
3093. scoff
释义: mock; ridicule
例句: He scoffed at dentists until he had his first toothache.
3094. scotch
释义: stamp out; thwart; hinder
例句: Heather tried to scotch the rumor that she had stolen her best friend's fiance.
3095. scourge
释义: lash; whip; severe punishment
例句: They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge.
3096. scruple
释义: fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons
例句: Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary.
3097. scrupulous
释义: conscientious; extremely thorough
例句: I can recommend him for a position of responsibility for I have found him a very scrupulous young man.
3098. scrutinize
释义: examine closely and critically
例句: Searching for flaws, the sergeant scrutinized every detail of the private's uniform.
3099. scuffle
释义: struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry.
例句: The twins briefly scuffled, wrestling to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled, "Let go of my Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall.
3100. scurrilous
释义: obscene; indecent
例句: Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
3101. scurry
释义: move briskly
例句: The White Rabbit had to scurry to get to his appointment on time.
3102. scurvy
释义: despicable; contemptible
例句: Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew.
3103. scuttle
释义: sink
例句: The sailors decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
3104. seamy
释义: sordid; unwholesome
例句: In the Godfather, Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his wife and children to the seamy side of his life as the son of a Mafia don.
3105. sear
释义: char or burn; brand
例句: Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly.
3106. seasoned
释义: experienced
例句: Though pleased with her new batch of rookies, the basketball coach wished she had a few more seasoned players on the team.
3107. secession
释义: withdrawal
例句: The secession of the Southern states provided Lincoln with his first major problem after his inauguration.
3108. seclusion
释义: isolation; solitude
例句: One moment she loved crowds; the next, she sought seclusion.
3109. secrete
释义: hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism.
例句: The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans.
3110. sectarian
释义: narrow-minded; limited in scope
例句: As university chaplain, she sought to address universal religious issues and not limit herself to mere sectarian concerns.
3111. secular
释义: worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal
例句: The church leaders decided not interfere in secular matters.
3112. sedate
释义: composed; grave
例句: The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and sedate.
3113. sedentary
释义: requiring sitting
例句: Because he had a sedentary occupation, he decided to visit a gymnasium weekly.
3114. sedition
释义: resistance to authority; insubordination
例句: His words, though not treasonous in themselves, were calculated to arouse thoughts of sedition.
3115. sedulous
释义: diligent
例句: The young woman was so sedulous that she received a commendation for her hard work.
3116. seedy
释义: run-down; decrepit; disreputable
例句: I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a seedy downtown hotel.
3117. seemly
释义: proper; appropriate
例句: Lady Bracknell did not think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.
3118. seep
释义: ooze; trickle
例句: During the rainstorm, water seeped through the crack in the basement wall and damaged the floor boards.
3119. seethe
释义: be disturbed; boil
例句: The nation was seething with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.
3120. seine
释义: net for catching fish
例句: When the shad run during the spring, you may see fishermen with seines along the banks of our coastal rivers.
3121. seismic
释义: pertaining to earthquakes
例句: The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.
3122. semblance
释义: outward appearance; guise
例句: Although this book has a semblance of wisdom and scholarship, a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
3123. seminal
释义: germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen
例句: Although Freud has generally been regarded as a seminal thinker who shaped the course of psychology, his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.
3124. seminary
释义: school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
例句: Sure of his priestly vocation, Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic seminary.
3125. senility
释义: old age; feeble mindedness of old age
例句: Most of the decisions are being made by the junior members of the company because of the senility of the president.
3126. sensual
释义: devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptous
例句: I cannot understand what caused him to drop his sensual way of life and become so ascetic.
3127. sensuous
释义: pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses
例句: He was stimulated by the sights, sounds and smells about him; he was enjoying his sensuous experience.
3128. sententious
释义: terse; concise; aphoristic
例句: After reading so many redundant speeches, I find his sententious style particulary pleasing.
3129. sentinel
释义: sentry; lookout
例句: Though camped in enemy territory, Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting sentinels around the encampment.
3130. septic
释义: putrid; producing putrefaction
例句: The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from septic poisoning.
3131. sepulcher
释义: tomb
例句: Annabel Lee was buried in a sepulcher by the sea.
3132. sequester
释义: retire from public life; segregate; seclude
例句: Although he had hoped for a long time to sequester himself in a small community, he never was able to drop his busy round of activities in the city.
3133. sere
释义: parched; dry
例句: After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and sere.
3134. serendipity
释义: gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
例句: Many scientific discoveries are a matter of serendipity: Newton was not sitting there thinking about gravity when the apple dropped on his head.
3135. serenity
释义: calmness; placidity
例句: The serenity of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.
3136. serpentine
释义: winding; twisting
例句: The car swerved at every curve in the serpentine road.
3137. serrated
释义: having a sawtoothed edge
例句: The beech tree is one of many plants that have serrated leaves.
3138. servile
释义: slavish; cringing
例句: Constantly fawning on his employer, humble Uriah Heap was a servile creature.
3139. servitude
释义: slavery; compulsory labor
例句: Born a slave, Douglass resented his wife of servitude and plotted to escape to the North.
3140. severance
释义: division; partition; separation
例句: The severance of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
3141. severity
释义: harshness; plainness
例句: The newspapers disapproved of the severity of the sentence.
3142. sextant
释义: navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude
例句: Given a clear night, with the aid of his sextant and compass, he could keep the ship safely on course.
3143. shackle
释义: chain; fetter
例句: The criminal's ankles were shackled to prevent his escape.
3144. sham
释义: pretend
例句: He shammed sickness to get out of going to school.
3145. shambles
释义: slaughterhouse; scene of carnage
例句: By the time the police arrived, the room was a shambles.
3146. shard
释义: fragment, generally of pottery
例句: The archaeologist assigned several students the task of reassembling earthenware vessels from the shards he had brought back from the expedition.
3147. sheaf
释义: bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
例句: The lawyer picked up a sheaf of papers as he rose to question the witness.
3148. sheathe
释义: place into a case
例句: As soon as he recognized the approaching men, he sheathed his dagger and hailed them as friends.
3149. sherbet
释义: flavored dessert ice
例句: I prefer raspberry sherbet to ice cream since it is less fattening.
3150. shimmer
释义: glimmer intermittently
例句: The moonlight shimmered on the water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment.
3151. shirk
释义: avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger
例句: Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never shirk any responsibility.
3152. shoddy
释义: sham; not genuine; inferior
例句: You will never get the public to buy such shoddy material.
3153. shrew
释义: scolding woman
例句: No one wanted to marry Shakespeare's Kate because she was a shrew.
3154. shrewd
释义: clever; astute
例句: A shrewd investor, he took clever advantage of the fluctuations of the stock market.
3155. shun
释义: keep away from
例句: Cherishing his solitude, the recluse shunned the company of other human beings.
3156. shunt
释义: turn aside; divert; sidetrack
例句: If the switchman failed to shunt the Silver Streak onto a side track, the train would plow right into Union Station.
3157. shyster
释义: lawyer using questionable methods.
例句: On L.A. Law, respectable attorney Brackman was horrified to learn that his newly discovered half brother was a cheap shyster.
3158. sibling
释义: brother or sister
例句: We may not enjoy being siblings, but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.
3159. sibylline
释义: prophetic; oracular
例句: Until their destruction by fire in 83 B.C., the sibylline books were often consulted by the Romans.
3160. sidereal
释义: relating to the stars
例句: Although hampered by optical and mechanical flaws, the orbiting Hubble space telescope has relayed extraordinary images of distant sidereal bodies.
3161. silt
释义: sediment deposited by running water
例句: The harbor channel must be dredged annually to remove the silt.
3162. simian
释义: monkeylike
例句: Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and have many simian characteristics, although they are less intelligent than monkeys.
3163. simile
释义: comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
例句: "My love is like a red, red rose" is a simile.
3164. simper
释义: smirk; smile affectedly
例句: Complimented on her appearance, Stella self-consciously simpered.
3165. simplistic
释义: oversimplified
例句: Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem, it was simplistic in failing to consider various complicating factors that might arise.
3166. simulate
释义: feign
例句: He simulated insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.
3167. sinecure
释义: well-paid position with little responsibility
例句: My job is no sinecure; I work long hours and have much responsibility.
3168. sinewy
释义: tough; strong and firm
例句: The steak was too sinewy to chew
3169. singular
释义: unique; extraordinary; odd
例句: Though the young man tried to understand Father William's singular behavior, he still found it odd that the old man incessantly stood on his head.
3170. sinister
释义: evil
例句: We must defeat the sinister forces that seek our downfall.
3171. sinuous
释义: winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
例句: The snake moved in a sinuous manner.
3172. skeptic
释义: doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view.
例句: In this matter, I am a skeptic; I want proof.
3173. skiff
释义: small, light sailboat or rowboat
例句: Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a skiff he could sail in the bay.
3174. skimp
释义: provide scantily; live very economically
例句: They were forced to skimp on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.
3175. skinflint
释义: miser
例句: The old skinflint refused to give her a raise.
3176. skirmish
释义: minor fight
例句: Custer's troops expected they might run into a skirmish or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle.
3177. skittish
释义: lively; frisky
例句: She is as skittish as a kitten playing with a piece of string.
3178. skulduggery
释义: dishonest behavior
例句: The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of skulduggery daily.
3179. skulk
释义: move furtively and secretly
例句: He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
3180. slacken
释义: slow up; loosen
例句: As they passed the finish line, the runners slackened their pace.
3181. slag
释义: residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
例句: The blast furnace had a special opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless slag.
3182. slake
释义: quench; sate
例句: When we reached the oasis, we were able to slake our thirst.
3183. slander
释义: defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements
例句: Unless you can prove your allegations, your remarks constitute slander.
3184. slapdash
释义: haphazard; careless; sloppy
例句: From the number of typos and misspellings I've found on it, it's clear that Mario proofread the report in a remarkably slapdash fashion.
3185. sleazy
释义: flimsy; unsubstantial
例句: This is a sleazy fabric; it will not wear well.
3186. sleeper
释义: something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable
例句: Unnoticed by the critics at its publication, the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic sleeper.
3187. sleight
释义: dexterity
例句: The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
3188. slight
释义: insult to one's dignity; snub
例句: Hypersensitive and ready to take offense at any discourtesy, Bertha was always on the lookout for real or imaginary slights.
3189. slither
释义: slip or slide
例句: During the recent ice storm, many people slithered down this hill as they walked to the station.
3190. sloth
释义: laziness
例句: Such sloth in a young person is deplorable; go to work!
3191. sloth
释义: slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal
例句: Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the sloth enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.
3192. slough
释义: cast off
例句: Each spring, the snake sloughs off its skin.
3193. slovenly
释义: untidy; slipshod
例句: Such slovenly work habits will never produce good products.
3194. sluggard
释义: lazy person
例句: "You are a sluggard, a drone, a parasite," the angry father shouted at his lazy son.
3195. sluggish
释义: slow; lazy; lethargic
例句: After two nights without sleep, she felt sluggish and incapable of exertion.
3196. sluice
释义: artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water
例句: In times of drought, this sluice enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.
3197. slur
释义: insult to one's character or reputation; slander
例句: Polls revealed that the front-runner's standing had been damaged by the slurs and innuendoes circulated by his opponent's staff.
3198. smattering
释义: slight knowledge
例句: I don't know whether it is better to be ignorant of a subject or to have a mere smattering of information about it.
3199. smirk
释义: conceited smile
例句: Wipe that smirk off your face!
3200. smolder
释义: burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
例句: The rags smoldered for hours before they burst into flame.
3201. snicker
释义: half-stifled laugh
例句: The boy could not suppress a snicker when the teacher sat on the tack.
3202. snivel
释义: run at the nose; snuffle; whine
例句: Don't you come sniveling to me complaining about your big brother.
3203. sobriety
释义: moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness
例句: Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for sobriety.
3204. sodden
释义: soaked; dull, as if from drink
例句: He set his sodden overcoat near the radiator to dry.
3205. sojourn
释义: temporary stay
例句: After his sojourn in Florida, he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.
3206. solace
释义: comfort in trouble
例句: I hope you will find solace in the thought that all of us share your loss.
3207. solder
释义: repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
例句: The plumber fixed the leak in the pipes by soldering a couple of joints from which water had been oozing.
3208. solecism
释义: construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
例句: I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many solecisms.
3209. solemnity
释义: seriousness; gravity
例句: The minister was concerned that nothing should disturb the solemnity of the marriage service.
3210. solicit
释义: request earnestly; seek
例句: Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass, the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to solicit their votes.
3211. solicitous
释义: worried, concerned
例句: The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get.
3212. soliloquy
释义: talking to oneself
例句: The soliloquy is a device used by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions.
3213. solstice
释义: point at which the sun is farthest from the equator
例句: The winter solstice usually occurs on December 21.
3214. solvent
释义: able to pay all debts
例句: By dint of very frugal living, he was finally able to become solvent and avoid bankruptcy proceedings.
3215. somatic
释义: pertaining to the body; physical
例句: Why do you ignore the spiritual aspects and emphasize only the corporeal and the somatic ones?
3216. somber
释义: gloomy; depressing
例句: From the doctor's grim expression, I could tell he had somber news.
3217. somnambulist
释义: sleepwalker
例句: The most famous somnambulist in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shakespeare's play.
3218. somnolent
释义: half asleep
例句: The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all somnolent and indifferent to the speaker.
3219. sonorous
释义: resonant
例句: His sonorous voice resounded through the hall.
3220. sophist
释义: teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning
例句: You are using all the devices of a sophist in trying to prove your case; your argument is specious.
3221. sophistication
释义: artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning
例句: Sophistication is an acquired characteristic, found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.
3222. sophistry
释义: seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
例句: Instead of advancing valid arguments, he tried to overwhelm his audience with a flood of sophistries.
3223. sophomoric
释义: immature; shallow
例句: Your sophomoric remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.
3224. soporific
释义: sleep producing
例句: I do not need a sedative when I listen to one of his soporific speeches.
3225. sordid
释义: filthy; base; vile
例句: The social worker was angered by the sordid housing provided for the homeless.
3226. spangle
释义: small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
例句: The thousands of spangles on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
3227. spartan
释义: lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
例句: Looking over the bare, unheated room with its hard cot, he wondered what he was doing in such spartan quarters. Only his spartan sense of duty kept him at his post.
3228. spasmodic
释义: fitful; periodic
例句: The spasmodic coughing in the auditorium annoyed the performers.
3229. spat
释义: squabble; minor dispute
例句: What had started out as a mere spat escalated into a full-blown argument.
3230. spate
释义: sudden flood
例句: I am worried about the possibility of a spate if the rains do not diminish soon.
3231. spatial
释义: relating to space
例句: It is difficult to visualize the spatial extent of our universe.
3232. spatula
释义: broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
例句: The manufacturers of this frying pan recommended the use of a rubber spatula to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.
3233. spawn
释义: lay eggs
例句: Fish ladders had to be built in the dams to assist the salmon returning to spawn in their native streams.
3234. specious
释义: seemingly reasonable but incorrect
例句: Let us not be misled by such specious arguments.
3235. spectral
释义: ghostly
例句: We were frightened by the spectral glow that filled the room.
3236. spectrum
释义: colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
例句: The visible portion of the spectrum includes red at one end and violet at the other.
3237. spendthrift
释义: someone who wastes money
例句: Easy access to credit encourages people to turn into spendthrifts who shop till they drop.
3238. sphinx-like
释义: enigmatic; mysterious
例句: The Mona Lisa's sphinx-like expression has puzzled art lovers for centuries.
3239. splice
释义: fasten together; unite
例句: Before you splice two strips of tape together, be sure to line them up evenly.
3240. spontaneity
释义: impulsiveness; absence of premeditation
例句: What I liked best about Dale's parties was their spontaneity: a couple of friends would drop by, someone would pull out a fiddle or guitar, and before you knew it the party would be in full swing.
3241. spoonerism
释义: accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words
例句: When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver, he was guilty of spoonerism.
3242. sporadic
释义: occurring irregularly
例句: Although there are still sporadic outbursts of shooting in the streets, the rebellion is essentially over.
3243. sportive
释义: playful
例句: Such a sportive attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.
3244. spruce
释义: neat and trim
例句: Every button buttoned, tie firmly in place, young Alex Keaton looked spruce and tidy for his job interview at the bank.
3245. spry
释义: vigorously active; nimble
例句: She was eighty years old, yet still spry and alert.
3246. spurious
释义: false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
例句: The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell spurious antiques from the real things.
3247. spurn
释义: reject; scorn
例句: The heroine spurned the villain's advances.
3248. squabble
释义: minor quarrel; bickering
例句: Children invariably get involved in petty squabbles; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.
3249. squalid
释义: dirty; neglected; poor
例句: It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a squalid neighborhood.
3250. squander
释义: waste
例句: The prodigal son squandered the family estate.
3251. squat
释义: stocky; short and thick
例句: Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat squat, sturdy little creatures, fond of good ale, good music, and good food.
3252. staccato
释义: played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt, sharp sound
例句: His staccato speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.
3253. stagnant
释义: motionless; stale; dull
例句: The stagnant water was a breeding ground for disease
3254. staid
释义: sober; sedate
例句: Her conduct during the funeral ceremony was staid and solemn.
3255. stalemate
释义: deadlock
例句: Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a stalemate; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.
3256. stalwart
释义: strong, brawny; steadfast
例句: His consistent support of the party has proved that he is a stalwart and loyal member.
3257. stamina
释义: strength; staying power
例句: I doubt that she has the stamina to run the full distance of the marathon race.
3258. stanch
释义: check flow of blood
例句: It is imperative that we stanch the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.
3259. stanza
释义: division of a poem
例句: Do you know the last stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
3260. static
释义: unchanging; lacking development
例句: Nothing had changed at home; things were static there
3261. statute
释义: law
例句: We have many statutes in our law books which should be repealed.
3262. statutory
释义: created by statute or legislative action
例句: The judicial courts review and try statutory crimes.
3263. steadfast
释义: loyal; unswerving
例句: Penelope was steadfast in her affections, faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
3264. stealth
释义: slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness
例句: Fearing detection by the sentries on duty, the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great stealth.
3265. steep
释义: soak; saturate
例句: Be sure to steep the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.
3266. stellar
释义: pertaining to the stars
例句: He was the stellar attraction of the entire performance.
3267. stem
释义: check the flow
例句: The paramedic used a tourniquet to stem the bleeding from the slashed artery.
3268. stemfrom
释义: arise from
例句: Milton's problems in school stemmed from his poor study habits.
3269. stentorian
释义: extremely loud
例句: The town crier had stentorian voice.
3270. streotyped
释义: oversimplified; lacking individuality; seen as a type
例句: My chief objection to the book is that the characters are stereotyped; they come across as ethnic caricatures, not as real people with individual quirks, fears, and dreams.
3271. stickler
释义: perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right
例句: The Internal Revenue Service agent was a stickler for accuracy; no approximations or rough estimates would satisfy him.
3272. stifle
释义: suppress; extinguish; inhibit
例句: Halfway through the boring lecture, Laura gave up trying to stifle her yawns.
3273. stigma
释义: token of disgrace; brand
例句: I do not attach any stigma to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.
3274. stilted
释义: bombastic; stiffly pompous
例句: His stilted rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.
3275. stint
释义: be thrifty; set limits
例句: "Spare no expense," the bride's father said, refusing to stint on the wedding arrangements.
3276. stint
释义: supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work
例句: He performed his daily stint cheerfully and willingly.
3277. stipend
释义: pay for services
例句: There is a nominal stipend for this position.
3278. stipple
释义: paint or draw with dots
例句: Seurat carefully stippled dabs of pure color on the canvas, juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.
3279. stipulate
释义: make express conditions, specify
例句: Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe, the president stipulated that NATO teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.
3280. stodgy
释义: stuffy; boringly conservative
例句: For a young person, Winston seems remarkably stodgy: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.
3281. stoic
释义: person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
例句: The doctor called her patient a stoic because he had borne the pain of the examination without whimpering.
3282. stoke
释义: stir up a fire; feed plentifully
例句: As a Scout, Marisa learned how to light a fire, how to stoke it if it started to die down, and how to extinguish it completely.
3283. stolidity
释义: dullness; impassivenss
例句: The earthquake shattered his usual stolidity; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
3284. stratified
释义: divided into classes; arranged into strata
例句: As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased, Roman society grew increasingly stratified.
3285. stratum
释义: layer of earth's surface; layer of society
例句: Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest stratum of our society, we may expect grumbling and revolt.
3286. strew
释义: spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter
例句: Preceding the bride to the altar, the flower girl will strew rose petals along the aisle.
3287. striated
释义: marked with parallel bands; grooved
例句: The glacier left many striated rocks.
3288. stricture
释义: critical comments; severe and adverse criticism
例句: His strictures on the author's style are prejudiced and unwarranted.
3289. strident
释义: loud and harsh
例句: She scolded him in a strident voice
3290. stringent
释义: binding; rigid
例句: I think these regulations are too stringent.
3291. strut
释义: pompous walk
例句: His strut as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.
3292. strut
释义: supporting bar
例句: The engineer calculated that the strut supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.
3293. studied
释义: unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful
例句: Given Jill's previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.
3294. stultify
释义: cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
例句: His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor had stultified his mind.
3295. stupefy
释义: make numb; stun; amaze
例句: Disapproving of drugs in general, Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might stupefy her.
3296. stupor
释义: state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness
例句: In his stupor, the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.
3297. stymie
释义: present an obstacle; stump
例句: The detective was stymied by the contradictory evidence in the robbery investigation.
3298. suavity
释义: urbanity; polish
例句: He is particulary good in roles that require suavity and sophistication.
3299. subaltern
释义: subordinate
例句: The captain treated his subalterns as though they were children rather than commissioned officers.
3300. subjective
释义: occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal
例句: Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
3301. subjugate
释义: conquer; bring under control
例句: It is not our aim to subjugate our foe; we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.
3302. sublimate
释义: refine; purify
例句: We must strive to sublimate these desires and emotions into worthwhile activities.
3303. sublime
释义: exalted; noble; uplifting
例句: Mother Teresa has been honored for her sublime deeds.
3304. subliminal
释义: below the threshold
例句: We may not be aware of the subliminal influences that affect our thinking.
3305. submissive
释义: yielding; timid
例句: Crushed by his authoritarian father, Will had no defiance left in him; he was totally submissive in the face of authority.
3306. suborn
释义: persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
例句: In the Godfather, the mobsters used bribery and threats to suborn the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.
3307. subpoena
释义: writ summoning a witness to appear
例句: The prosecutor's office was ready to serve a subpoena on the reluctant witness.
3308. subsequent
释义: following; later
例句: In subsequent lessons, we shall take up more difficult problems.
3309. subservient
释义: behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious
例句: He was proud and dignified; he refused to be subservient to anyone.
3310. subside
释义: settle down; descend; grow quiet
例句: The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
3311. subsidiary
释义: subordinate; secondary
例句: This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
3312. subsidy
释义: direct financial aid by government, etc.
例句: Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
3313. subsistence
释义: existence; means of support; livelihood
例句: In those days of inflated prices, my salary provided mere subsistence.
3314. substantiate
释义: verify; support
例句: I intend to substantiate my statement by producing witnesses.
3315. substantive
释义: essential; pertaining to the substance
例句: Although the delegates were aware of the importance of the problem, they could not agree on the substantive issues.
3316. subsume
释义: include; encompass
例句: Does the general theory of relativity contradict Newtonian physics, or is Newton's law of gravity subsumed into Einstein's larger scheme?
3317. subterfuge
释义: pretense; evasion
例句: As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a subterfuge we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.
3318. subtlety
释义: nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy
例句: The subtlety of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.
3319. subversive
释义: tending to overthrow; destructive
例句: At first glance, the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as subversive.
3320. succinct
释义: brief; terse; compact
例句: His remarks are always succinct and pointed.
3321. succor
释义: aid; assistance; relief
例句: We shall be ever grateful for the succor our country gave us when we were in need.
3322. succulent
释义: juicy; full of richness
例句: To some people, Florida citrus fruits are more succulent than those from California.
3323. succumb
释义: yield; give in; die
例句: I succumb to temptation whenever it comes my way.
3324. suffragist
释义: advocate of voting rights (for women)
例句: In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women, Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
3325. suffuse
释义: spread over
例句: A blush suffused her cheeks when we teased her about her love affair.
3326. sully
释义: tarnish; soil
例句: He felt that it was beneath his dignity to sully his hands in such menial labor.
3327. sultry
释义: sweltering
例句: He could not adjust himself to the sultry climate of the tropics.
3328. summation
释义: act of finding the total, summary
例句: In his summation, the lawyer emphasized the testimony given by the two witnesses.
3329. sumptuous
释义: lavish; rich
例句: I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.
3330. sunder
释义: separate; part
例句: Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously sundered.
3331. sundry
释义: various; several
例句: My suspicions were aroused when I read sundry items in the newspapers about your behavior.
3332. superannuated
释义: retired or disqualified because of age
例句: The superannuated man was indignant because he felt that he could still perform a good day's work.
3333. supercilious
释义: contemptuous; haughty
例句: I prefer Jill's modesty to Jack's supercilious and arrogant attitude.
3334. supererogatory
释义: superfluous; more than needed or demanded
例句: We have more than enough witnesses to corroborate your statement; to present any more would be supererogatory.
3335. superficial
释义: trivial; shallow
例句: Since your report gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, I cannot give you more than a passing grade.
3336. superfluous
释义: excessive; overabundant, unnecessary
例句: Please try not to include so many superfluous details in your report; just give me the bare facts.
3337. superimpose
释义: place over something else
例句: Your attempt to superimpose another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.
3338. supernumerary
释义: person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
例句: His first appearance on the stage was as a supernumerary in a Shakespearean tragedy.
3339. supersede
释义: cause to be set aside; replace
例句: This regulation will supersede all previous rules.
3340. supine
释义: lying on back
例句: The defeated pugilist lay supine on the canvas.
3341. supplant
释义: replace; usurp
例句: Corazon Aquino supplanted Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.
3342. supple
释义: flexible; pliant
例句: The angler found a supple limb and used it as a fishing rod.
3343. suppliant
释义: entreating; beseeching
例句: He could not resist the dog's suppliant whimpering, and he gave it some food.
3344. supplicate
释义: petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
例句: We supplicate Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.
3345. supposition
释义: hypothesis; surmise
例句: I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
3346. supposititious
释义: assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
例句: I find no similarity between your supposititious illustration and the problem we are facing.
3347. surfeit
释义: satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
例句: Every Thanksgiving we are surfeited with an overabundance of holiday treats.
3348. surly
释义: rude; cross
例句: Because of his surly attitude, many people avoided his company.
3349. surmise
释义: guess
例句: I surmise that he will be late for this meeting.
3350. surmount
释义: overcome
例句: He had to surmount many obstacles in order to succeed.
3351. surpass
释义: exceed
例句: Her SAT scores surpassed out expectations.
3352. surreptitious
释义: secret
例句: News of their surreptitious meeting gradually leaked out.
3353. surrogate
释义: substitute
例句: For a fatherless child, a male teacher may become a father surrogate.
3354. surveillance
释义: watching; guarding
例句: The FBI kept the house under constant surveillance in the hope of capturing all the criminals at one time.
3355. susceptible
释义: impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease
例句: He was a very susceptible young man, and so his parents worried that he might fall into bad company.
3356. sustain
释义: experience; support; nourish
例句: He sustained such a severe injury that the doctors feared he would be unable to work to sustain his growing family.
3357. sustenance
释义: means of support, food, nourishment
例句: In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain because of all the fruit trees.
3358. suture
释义: stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing
例句: We will remove the sutures as soon as the wound heals.
3359. swarthy
释义: dark; dusky
例句: Despite the stereotype, not all Italians are swarthy; many are fair and blond.
3360. swathe
释义: wrap around; bandage
例句: When I visited him in the hospital, I found him swathed in bandages.
3361. swelter
释义: be oppressed by heat
例句: I am going to buy an air conditioning unit for my apartment as I do not intend to swelter through another hot and humid summer.
3362. swerve
释义: deviate; turn aside sharply
例句: The car swerved wildly as the driver struggled to regain control of the wheel.
3363. swill
释义: drink greedily
例句: Singing, "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates swilled their grog.
3364. swindler
释义: cheat
例句: She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
3365. sybarite
释义: lover of luxury
例句: Rich people are not always sybarites; some of them have little taste for a life of luxury.
3366. sycophant
释义: servile flatterer
例句: The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the sycophants in his retinue.
3367. syllogism
释义: logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
例句: There must be a fallacy in this syllogism; I cannot accept its conclusion.
3368. sylvan
释义: pertaining to the woods; rustic
例句: His paintings of nymphs in sylvan backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.
3369. symbiosis
释义: interdependent relationship (between groups, species), often mutually beneficial
例句: Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their symbiosis; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth, the bird derives nourishment; the crocodile, meanwhile, derives proper dental hygiene.
3370. symmetry
释义: arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
例句: The addition of a second tower will give this edifice the symmetry that it now lacks.
3371. synchronous
释义: similary timed; simultaneous with
例句: We have many examples of scientists in different parts of the world who have made synchronous discoveries.
3372. synoptic
释义: providing a general overview; summary
例句: The professor turned to the latest issue of Dissertation Abstracts for a synoptic account of what was new in the field.
3373. synthesis
释义: combining parts into a whole
例句: Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory.
3374. synthetic
释义: artificial; resulting from synthesis
例句: During the twentieth century, many synthetic products have replaced the natural products.
3375. sedative
释义: calming drug or influence
例句: It is dangerous to drive after taking the sedative; it brings drowsiness.
3376. stygian
释义: literary dark
例句: The stygian room reminded him of an empty space.
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