托福考试词汇向导（之六）3_托福考试

托福考试词汇向导（之六）3

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serpentine¹ a.蛇的;婉蜒的;狡猾的 [ME

serrated a.齿状的 [serration 锯齿状;锯齿状突起serranid(动物)鲈科之鱼]

serried² a.拥挤的;密集的 [

servile a.奴隶的;卑屈的 [ME

severance³ n.隔离;断绝 [sever切断,遮断;离开]

shabby a.破烂的;衣衫褴褛的 [shab scab

shaft⁴ n.箭杆;茎;羽轴;受骗

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sham⁵ n.膺品;瞒骗;骗子 [perh north dial var of SHAME]

shamus n.侦探;警官 [shammes(犹太教)教堂司事]

sheaf n.束;捆;扎 [OE sceaf

sheathe⁶ v.插入鞘;包;覆 [ME

sheen n.光辉;光彩;光泽;光辉的 [obs sheen beautiful, resplendent

shibboleth⁷ n.口令;暗语 [ME

shipshape a.整洁干净的

shoal n.浅滩;沙洲;一群(鱼) [OE sceald

shoddy a.伪造的;卑劣的;再制毛料 [a ~ trick 诡计,卑鄙的计谋 ~ merchandise 冒充物,假货,赝品]

shove v.推挤 [OE scufan

shred⁸ v.切成碎片 [OE scread(unrecorded)piece cut off

shriek⁹ v.发出尖锐的叫声 [imit: cf dial screak, ON skr'kja, and SCREECH¹⁰ 尖声喊;;尖叫声]

shrink v.退缩;变小;使缩;使收缩 [OE scrincan: cf skrynka to wrinkle]

shroud¹¹ n.寿衣;遮盖物;覆盖 [OE scrud

shrug¹² off v.耸肩表示不屑理睬;摆脱

shuffle¹³ v.慢吞吞地走;混合;洗纸牌 [perh

shun¹⁴ v.避开 [OE scunian]

shunt v.移向一旁;搁置一个计划 [ME, perh

sibylline¹⁵ a.预言的;神巫的 [L Sibyllinus(SIBYL女巫;女预言家)]

sidereal¹⁶ a.星的 [L sidereus

sidle v.横行 [back-form

siege n.围困;围攻 [ME

sift¹⁷ v.筛;过滤;细查 [OE siftan

silt¹⁸ n.淤泥;淤沙 [ME, perh rel to Da, OHG sulza salt marsh¹⁹, formed as SALT]

simian²⁰ a.似猿猴的;类人猿 [L simia ape, perh

simile²¹ n.明喻;直喻 [ME

similitude n.相似;比喻 [ME

simulacrum n.影象;伪装的东西 [SIMULATE 假装的样子,伪装]

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1 serpentine
adj.蜿蜒的，弯曲的
参考例句：
One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.蜿蜒河的一段划为游泳区。 Tremolite laths and serpentine minerals are present in places.有的地方出现透闪石板条及蛇纹石。

2 serried
adj.拥挤的；密集的
参考例句：
The fields were mostly patches laid on the serried landscape.between crevices and small streams.农田大部分是地缝和小溪之间的条状小块。 On the shelf are serried rows of law books and law reports.书橱上是排得密密匝匝的几排法律书籍和判例汇编。

3 severance
n.离职金；切断
参考例句：
Those laid off received their regular checks,plus vacation and severance pay.那些被裁的人都收到他们应得的薪金，再加上假期和解职的酬金。Kirchofer was terminated,effective immediately--without severance or warning.科奇弗被解雇了，立刻生效--而且没有辞退费或者警告。

4 shaft
n.(工具的)柄，杆状物
参考例句：
He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。 This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

5 sham
n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)
参考例句：
They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。 His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

6 sheathe
v.（将刀剑）插入鞘；包，覆盖
参考例句：
Sheathe your swords!把你们的剑插到鞘里！ The two opponents decided at last to sheathe the sword and met at a dinner given.这两个对手终于决定讲和，在朋友举行的晚宴上会面了。

7 shibboleth
n.陈规陋习；口令；暗语
参考例句：
It is time to go beyond the shibboleth that conventional forces cannot deter.是时候摆脱那些传统力量无法遏制的陈规陋习了。 His article is stuffed with shibboleth.他的文章中满是一些陈词滥调。

8 shred
v.撕成碎片，变成碎片；n.碎布条，细片，些少
参考例句：
There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。 The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。

9 shriek
v./n.尖叫，叫喊
参考例句：
Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.突然他开始大声尖叫起来。 People sometimes shriek because of terror,anger,or pain.人们有时会因为恐惧，气愤或疼痛而尖叫。

10 screech
n./v.尖叫；(发出)刺耳的声音
参考例句：
He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down. 他听到汽车刹车发出的尖锐的声音,然后就摔倒了。 The screech of jet planes violated the peace of the afternoon. 喷射机的尖啸声侵犯了下午的平静。

11 shroud
n.裹尸布，寿衣；罩，幕；vt.覆盖，隐藏
参考例句：
His past was enveloped in a shroud of mystery.他的过去被裹上一层神秘色彩。 How can I do under shroud of a dark sky?在黑暗的天空的笼罩下，我该怎么做呢？

12 shrug
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)
参考例句：
With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。 I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

13 shuffle
n.拖著脚走，洗纸牌；v.拖曳，慢吞吞地走
参考例句：
I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。 Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。

14 shun
vt.避开，回避，避免
参考例句：
Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。 This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

15 sibylline
adj.预言的；神巫的
参考例句：
In these sibylline leaves are gathered the scattered prophecies of the past upon the cases in which the axe will fall.在这些提供预言的书卷中收集了过去对于一些案件的零散预言，在这些案件中，危险会降临。 A young girl in the village found a sibylline book.村里的一个小女孩捡到过一本预言书。

16 sidereal
adj.恒星的
参考例句：
The sidereal year is not used to construct a calendar. 恒星年不用于编制年历。 A sidereal day is about 4 minutes shorter than a solar day.一个恒星日比一个太阳日大约短4分钟。

17 sift
v.筛撒，纷落，详察
参考例句：
Sift out the wheat from the chaff.把小麦的壳筛出来。 Sift sugar on top of the cake.在蛋糕上面撒上糖。

18 silt
n.淤泥，淤沙，粉砂层，泥沙层；vt.使淤塞；vi.被淤塞
参考例句：
The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。 During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。

19 marsh
n.沼泽，湿地
参考例句：
There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。 I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

20 simian
adj.似猿猴的；n.类人猿，猴
参考例句：
Ada had a wrinkled,simian face.埃达有一张布满皱纹、长得像猿猴的脸。 Curiosity is the taproot of an intellectual life,the most valuable of our simian traits.好奇是高智生命的根源，也是我们类人猿特征中最有价值的部分。

21 simile
n.直喻，明喻
参考例句：
I believe this simile largely speaks the truth.我相信这种比拟在很大程度上道出了真实。 It is a trite simile to compare her teeth to pearls.把她的牙齿比做珍珠是陈腐的比喻。

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