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a. 亵渎的,天谴的 acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane


Spelling Word: sacrilegious
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n. 脚手架,绞刑架 a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution


Spelling Word: scaffold
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v. 烫,用沸水消毒,烫伤 burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid


Spelling Word: scald
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a. 丑恶的,露出嘴脸的 sordid; morally degraded; squalid or corrupt


Spelling Word: seamy
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a. 宗派主义的,地区主义的,狭窄的 relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited


Spelling Word: sectarian
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n. 有发现意外之财的运气 gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck


Spelling Word: serendipity
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a. 不整洁的,慢吞吞的,漫不经心的 untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly


Spelling Word: slipshod
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a. 刚毅的,朴素的,纪律严格的,斯巴达的 avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined


Spelling Word: spartan
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v. 劈开,(使)裂开,分开 break apart; cut; divide


Spelling Word: split
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n. 节,段落(诗的),盘(棋的) unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph


Spelling Word: stanza