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a. 好色的,淫荡的 lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness


Spelling Word: salacious
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a. 阴郁的 gloomy; marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic


Spelling Word: saturnine
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n. 清道夫,食腐动物 an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded


Spelling Word: scavenger
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n. 选择,精选品 choice; variety; collection


Spelling Word: selection
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n. 简陋的小木屋 a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live


Spelling Word: shanty
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a. 催眠的 sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness


Spelling Word: soporific
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n. (缠录音带等的)卷盘(轴) something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder


Spelling Word: spool
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a. 零星的 occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time


Spelling Word: sporadic
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a. 沉静的,安静的 sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety


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v. 口吃,结巴 make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty


Spelling Word: stammer