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(外貌,相似) seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form


Spelling Word: semblance
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n.
(包围,围攻) seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army


Spelling Word: siege
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v.
(捣碎,摔碎) break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush


Spelling Word: smash
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a. Syn. serious; somber; sober
(严肃的,庄严的,隆重的) serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober


Spelling Word: solemn
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a. Syn. dissolvabel; meltable
(可溶解的,可解决的) able to be dissolved; able to be explained


Spelling Word: soluble
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n.
(夫,妻,配偶的一方) man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife


Spelling Word: spouse
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v. Syn. extend; stretch; spread
(散乱地延伸) extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly


Spelling Word: sprawl
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n.
(淀粉,淀粉食物) naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits


Spelling Word: starch
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n.
(统计数值,统计量) mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data


Spelling Word: statistic
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v. Syn. soak; saturate
(浸泡,弄湿,陡坡,悬崖) soak; make thoroughly wet


Spelling Word: steep