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n. 避难所 place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque


Spelling Word: sanctuary
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n. 蓝宝石 a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone


Spelling Word: sapphire
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a. 凶猛的,野蛮的 in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude


Spelling Word: savage
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n. 头骨 a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates


Spelling Word: skull
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n. 树懒,怠惰,懒惰 laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals


Spelling Word: sloth
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v. 走私,私运 import or export without paying customs duties


Spelling Word: smuggle
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n. 罗网,陷井 trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble


Spelling Word: snare
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a. 好交际的,随和的 gregarious; friendly; inclined to or conducive to companionship with others


Spelling Word: sociable
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v. 拼写,累计,表示 name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify


Spelling Word: spell
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a. 螺旋形的,盘旋的 rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil


Spelling Word: spiral