deck22 Flashcards
riveting
吸引人的, 极迷人的: absorbing engrossing
rivulet
小河, 小溪: small stream
robust
精力充沛的, 强壮的, 健康的: full of strength
roil
搅浑, 使混乱: stir up; 激怒: displease
roisterer
喝酒喧闹的人: engages in merrymaking
rookie
新兵; 新生; 菜鸟: recruit
roster
值勤表, 花名册: list of personnel
rostrum
讲坛, 演讲坛: stage speaking
rouse
激起, 煽动: stir up; 唤醒: stop sleeping
royalty
皇家身份: regal character; 版税; 专利权税: payment
rubicund
红润的, 健康的: healthy rosiness
rudimentary
初始的, 未发展的: earliest development; 最根本的, 基础的: first principles
rue
后悔, 遗憾: feeling of regret
ruffle
皱褶, 褶裥花边: strip edge; 使粗糙: destroy smoothness; 扰乱, 打扰: disturb
ruminate
沉思: go over in the mind
rumple
使皱, 弄皱: form creases; 打乱, 使不整齐: undo the proper order
run
(不间断的)连续演出: course of performances
runic
神秘的: mysterious
rupture
打破; 打碎, 破裂: part
ruse
诡计: subterfuge
rustic
乡下人, 头脑简单的人: awkward or simple person; 乡村的: open areas with few buildings; 粗俗的: lacking polish
rustle
快速地行动: move or act with speed
sabotage
妨害, 破坏: hinder a cause; 从事破坏活动, 阻止: practice sabotage
saccharine
像糖一样的, 有甜味的: sugar; 做作的, 矫情的: appealing to the emotions
sacrilege
亵渎圣物: profanation sacred
saddle
使某人担负: load
safeguard
保护措施: prevent accident; 保护: make safe
sage
智者: wisdom
salient
显著的, 最突出的: conspicuously
salubrious
有益健康的: promoting health
salutary
有益健康的: promoting health; 有利的, 利好的: promoting well-being
salutation
致敬, 打招呼(表示欢迎和礼貌): greeting; 赞扬: praise
salvage
(从灾难中)抢救: save from loss
salve
减轻: 缓解: assuage
sanctify
使神圣, 将…敬为神: make holy
sanctimonious
假装虔诚的: hypocritically pious
sanction
批准, 同意, 许可: make valid; 制裁: coercive measure
sanctuary
避难所: protection
sand
磨光: make smooth
sanguine
乐观的, 确信的: free from doubt; 面色红润的: healthy reddish
sanitary
健康的, 清洁的: health
sap
削弱: weaken energy vitality; 健康, 活力: active strength
sapient
聪明的, 有洞察力的: deep understanding, intelligent
sarcasm
讽刺, 轻蔑: ironic
sartorial
裁缝匠的, 裁缝的: clothes
sate
使饱足, 充分满足: satisfy fully
satiate
(使)饱足(的), 过分满足(的): satisfy fully
satire
讽刺诗, 讽刺文学: literary ridicule
satirize
讽刺: ridicule
saturate
使饱和, 浸透: wet thoroughly
saturnine
忧郁的, 阴沉的: lacking in cheer; 讽刺的: sardonic
saunter
闲逛, 漫步: by foot
savant
博学之士, 学者: learning
savory
口感好的, 味道好的: appetizing taste, smell; 令人愉悦的, pleasure or contentment
savvy
老练, 机智: knowledge actually doing; 明确了解: clear idea of; 有见识的, 精明能干的: practical cleverness or judgment
scads
许多, 大量: large number
scant
不足的, 缺乏的: scarcely
scathing
尖酸刻薄的: cause hurt feelings
schism
不一致: lack of agreement
scintillate
闪耀: sparks
scion
子孙: descendant
scission
切断, 分离, 分裂: division
scoff
嘲笑: derision, mock; 狼吞虎咽: eat greedily
scorch
炙烤, 烘干: burn, make dry
scorn
轻蔑, 鄙视, 不屑: reject contemptible
scotch
停止: put an end to
scour
用力擦洗: wash vigorously; 搜查: to find or discover
scowl
皱眉(表现出不高兴): expression displeasure
scrappy
好斗的, 好吵架的: aggressive
scrap
废料, 废物: discarded or useless; 抛弃: get rid of; 终止, 放弃原计划: put an end to
scrawl
乱涂, 潦草地写: write carelessly
scribble
潦草地书写, 乱写: meaningless
scrupulous
正直的: principled; 一丝不苟的: great care and effort
scrutable
可以理解的: understood comprehensible
scrutinize
仔细检查: observe great care
scuff
(使)磨损: roughened by wear; 脚步拖沓: move heavily
scurrilous
说粗话的: vulgar
scurvy
下流的, 让人鄙视的: contemptible
seamy
肮脏的, 堕落的: sordid, base
secluded
僻静的, 隐蔽的: hidden
secrete
隐藏: conceal; 分泌: generate
sedate
淡定的, 安静的: free from agitation
sedentary
固定不动的: not migratory
seduce
劝说(使不忠, 使不服从), 诱…误入歧途: persuade
sedulous
勤奋认真的: careful perseverance
seemly
得体的, 遵守礼节的: following the established traditions
segment
分割; 部分: separate
self-abasement
自卑, 自谦: humiliation
self-absorbed
自恋的, 自私的: absorbed in one’s own
seminal
有发展性的: contributing later development; 创新的: creative
sensation
感觉, 知觉: sense; 轰动事件: intense interest
sensitive
敏感的: susceptible
sentinel
哨兵, 看守: watches over
sepulchral
阴沉的, 丧葬的: lacking in cheer
septic
腐败的, 感染的: putrefaction
sequela
结果: secondary result
sequester
使隔离, 分离: segregate; 使隐退: seclusion
sere
干枯的, 凋萎的: dried, withered
serendipity
意外发现珍奇(或称心)事物的本领: by accident
serene
安静的: free from uproar; 稳重的, 镇静的: unaffected, calm