worldlist43 Flashcards
sequester
V. /使隔离,隐遁,使分离/isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude.
serendipity
N. /易发现珍宝的天赋或运气/gift for finding valuable or desirabl
serenity
N. /平静/calmness; placidity
serpentine
ADJ. /蜿蜒的/,winding,twisting .
servile
ADJ. /奴隶的;奴性的/slavish; cringing
servitude
N. /奴役,劳役/slavery; compulsory labor
sever
V. /切断,分开/cut; separate
severity
N. /严肃;严格;严重/harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity
shackle
V. /束缚,桎梏/chain; fetter
sham
V. /佯装/pretend
shambles
N. /混乱,废墟/wreck; mess
shard
N. /碎(陶瓷的)瓦片/fragment, generally of pottery
sheaf
N. /捆;扎(秸秆)/bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
shear
V. /剪;修剪,剪切/cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something
sheathe
V. /插入鞘/place into a case
sheer
ADJ. /绝对的;透明的;峻峭的/very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute
shimmer
V. /发闪烁之微光/glimmer intermittently
shirk
V. /逃避,推卸/avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger
shoddy
ADJ. /劣质的,廉价的/sham; not genuine; inferior
shrewd
ADJ. /机灵的,精明的/clever; astute
shroud
V. /遮蔽,用裹尸布裹;隐藏/hide from view; wrap for burial
shun
V. /避开,躲避/keep away from
shyster
N. /不择手段的律师,奸诈的人/lawyer using questionable methods.
sibling
N. /兄弟姐妹,同胞/brother or sister
simian
ADJ. / 类人猿的,猿猴的/monkeylike
simile
N. /明喻;比较/comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
simper
V. /痴笑;傻笑/smirk; smile affectedly
Simplistic
ADJ. /过分单纯化的/oversimplified
simulate
V. /模仿;冒充/feign
sinecure
N. /闲职,挂名职务/well-paid position with little responsibility
sinewy
ADJ. /坚韧的,强壮有力的/tough; strong and firm