slap
n. 一巴掌,一擊,擊掌
She gave him a slap on the cheek. 她打了他一個耳光。
v. 掌擊,摑
She slapped on his face. 她打了他一個耳光。
slaughter
n. 屠宰,屠殺
The cattle were sent for slaughter. 牛被送去屠宰。
[同]massacre
vt. 屠殺,殺戮
slave
vi. 努力工作,
She has been slaving away at cooking for three hours. 她已辛苦烹飪?nèi)齻€小時了。
vt. 奴役
[難點]
slave away at sth. 努力做某事
slim
adj. 苗條的,細長的;渺茫的
slim hopes of success 成功的希望不大
adj. 差的,低劣的
slumber
n.(復(fù)數(shù))睡眠
disturb one’s slumber 打擾某人的睡眠
smart
vt. 感到或引起劇痛
The smoke made my eyes smart. 煙使我的眼睛感到劇痛。
smash
v. 打破,打碎
smash a window 打破一扇窗戶
v. 猛沖,猛然碰撞
The car smashed into a wall. 汽車撞到了墻。
v. 擊敗,打破(記錄等)
The player smashed all the records. 這位選手打破了全部記錄。
smuggle
vt. 偷運,走私
He smuggled Swiss watches into England. 他走私瑞士表進入英國。
vt. 偷帶(某物)
smuggle a letter into a prison 偷帶信件到監(jiān)獄
snack
n. 小吃,快餐
snail
n. 蝸牛;行動遲緩的人
snap
n. 咬,猛咬;折斷,脆裂
v. 咬,猛然咬;截斷
[難點]
snap at 企圖去咬;厲聲斥責(zé)
I’m sorry I snapped at you just now. 我很抱歉剛才對你厲聲說話。
sneer
n. 嘲笑,譏笑
You should ignore their sneers at your efforts.
你應(yīng)當不理會他們對你努力的成果所作的嘲笑。
v. 嘲笑,譏誚
Don’t sneer at other’s failure. 不要嘲笑別人的失敗
sneeze
vi. 打噴嚏
sniff
v. 呼呼地吸氣;嗅;嗤之以鼻, 輕視(at)
sniff at flowers 嗅花
They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing.
他們都傷風(fēng)了, 呼呼喘氣而且打噴嚏。
snob
n. 勢利的人
snobbish
adj. 勢利的,諂上欺下的
a snobbish person 勢利小人
snore
v. 打鼾
My grandfather snores loudly. 我爺爺打鼾聲音很響。
v. 酣睡度過(away)
snore away the afternoon 打著酣睡一下午
n. 打鼾聲
His snores woke me up. 他的鼾聲把我吵醒了。
sociology
n. 社會學(xué)
sodium
n. 鈉(化學(xué))
sofa
n. 沙發(fā)
soften
v.(使)變軟,(使)溫和
Her words softened my anger. 她的話平息了我的怒氣。
softness
n. 溫和,柔和,軟弱
software
n. 軟件;軟體
solidarity
n. 團結(jié),一致
national solidarity in th face of danger 面臨危難時全國上下團結(jié)一致
solidify
v.(使)變堅固,(使)凝固
[同]harden
v.(使)團結(jié)
solo
n. 獨唱;獨奏
a violin solo 小提琴獨奏曲
sorrowful
adj. 可悲的,悲傷的,悔恨的
[同]sad
[難點]
be sorrowful about … 對…感到悲傷