slap
n. 一巴掌,一击,击掌
She gave him a slap on the cheek. 她打了他一个耳光。
v. 掌击,掴
She slapped on his face. 她打了他一个耳光。
slaughter
n. 屠宰,屠杀
The cattle were sent for slaughter. 牛被送去屠宰。
[同]massacre
vt. 屠杀,杀戮
slave
vi. 努力工作,
She has been slaving away at cooking for three hours. 她已辛苦烹饪三个小时了。
vt. 奴役
[难点]
slave away at sth. 努力做某事
slim
adj. 苗条的,细长的;渺茫的
slim hopes of success 成功的希望不大
adj. 差的,低劣的
slumber
n.(复数)睡眠
disturb one’s slumber 打扰某人的睡眠
smart
vt. 感到或引起剧痛
The smoke made my eyes smart. 烟使我的眼睛感到剧痛。
smash
v. 打破,打碎
smash a window 打破一扇窗户
v. 猛冲,猛然碰撞
The car smashed into a wall. 汽车撞到了墙。
v. 击败,打破(记录等)
The player smashed all the records. 这位选手打破了全部记录。
smuggle
vt. 偷运,走私
He smuggled Swiss watches into England. 他走私瑞士表进入英国。
vt. 偷带(某物)
smuggle a letter into a prison 偷带信件到监狱
snack
n. 小吃,快餐
snail
n. 蜗牛;行动迟缓的人
snap
n. 咬,猛咬;折断,脆裂
v. 咬,猛然咬;截断
[难点]
snap at 企图去咬;厉声斥责
I’m sorry I snapped at you just now. 我很抱歉刚才对你厉声说话。
sneer
n. 嘲笑,讥笑
You should ignore their sneers at your efforts.
你应当不理会他们对你努力的成果所作的嘲笑。
v. 嘲笑,讥诮
Don’t sneer at other’s failure. 不要嘲笑别人的失败
sneeze
vi. 打喷嚏
sniff
v. 呼呼地吸气;嗅;嗤之以鼻, 轻视(at)
sniff at flowers 嗅花
They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing.
他们都伤风了, 呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。
snob
n. 势利的人
snobbish
adj. 势利的,谄上欺下的
a snobbish person 势利小人
snore
v. 打鼾
My grandfather snores loudly. 我爷爷打鼾声音很响。
v. 酣睡度过(away)
snore away the afternoon 打着酣睡一下午
n. 打鼾声
His snores woke me up. 他的鼾声把我吵醒了。
sociology
n. 社会学
sodium
n. 钠(化学)
sofa
n. 沙发
soften
v.(使)变软,(使)温和
Her words softened my anger. 她的话平息了我的怒气。
softness
n. 温和,柔和,软弱
software
n. 软件;软体
solidarity
n. 团结,一致
national solidarity in th face of danger 面临危难时全国上下团结一致
solidify
v.(使)变坚固,(使)凝固
[同]harden
v.(使)团结
solo
n. 独唱;独奏
a violin solo 小提琴独奏曲
sorrowful
adj. 可悲的,悲伤的,悔恨的
[同]sad
[难点]
be sorrowful about … 对…感到悲伤