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a. 讽刺的,挖苦的 ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds


Spelling Word: sarcastic
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v. 踌躇,忧郁 hesitate as a result of conscience or principle


Spelling Word: scruple
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v. 照耀,发光 emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor


Spelling Word: shine
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n. 包围,围攻 seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army


Spelling Word: siege
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a. 有意义的,重要的,重大的 reasonably large; important in effect or meaning


Spelling Word: significant
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n. 势利小人 a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors


Spelling Word: snob
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n. 女高音,最高者 treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices


Spelling Word: soprano
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a. 肮脏,卑鄙 filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded


Spelling Word: sordid
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n. 长钉,大钉 a sort of very large nail; a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward


Spelling Word: spike
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a. 固定的,静止的 fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved


Spelling Word: stationary