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S /es/ noun, abbr., symbol

m noun (also s) [C, U] {pi. Ss, S’s, s’s /'esiz/) the 19th letter of the English alphabet J%i|^-fij:^gfig|| 19 ‘Snow’

begins with (an) S/‘S’. * snow "-isjtUX# s 3FFA0 — see also S-bend

i*abbr. 1 {pi. SS) Saint 5 A; 2 (especially for sizes of clothes) small ( ) /jN-f.W; /MUfig

3 {NAmE also So.) south; southern A ( fig ) ; ^

( fig ) : S Yorkshire 4 siemens MHX ( %

) — see also s and h m symbol the symbol for entropy -*s /s; z/ suffix, short form

■ suffix (added to nouns ilH&^TSj/n) 1 belonging to ( A ) -fig: the woman’s hat SPAA AfigitiX 0 Peter’s desk ®#figX^ O children’s clothes 2 used to refer to sb’s home or, in British English, a particular shop (flt^Afig^t,

) •■■ M, IS : Shall we go to David’s (= David’s house) tonight? . o {BrE) I’ll call

in at the chemist’s on my way home. ^ M gS ic?A

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m short form {informal) 1 used after he, she or it and where, what, who or how to mean ‘is’ or ‘has’ ( 41X he, she, it ff] where, what, who 1UA how Ef, is ^ has ) : She’s still in the bath. 0 What’s he doing

now? 0 It’s time to go now. i%£T₀ 0

Who’s taken my pen? it 4:7 fig ? o Where’s he gone? i|UL AT? o It’s gone wrong again. 'gX X X iTo 2 (used after let when making a suggestion that includes yourself and others 4) X let Is, iti$C g B ffigij A—US ngfil; $SCI; Let’s go out for lunch. P|

-s* suffix (forming the end of plural nouns S]

fig IB W belonging to ( ) - fig: the cats’

tails &i?®figHe 0 their wives’jobs MJA7figXf4 SA abbr. South Africa #

saag (also sag) /saeg; BrE also sa:g/ noun [U] (IndE)

= SPINACH

sab-bath /'saebaB/ (often the Sabbath) noun [sing.] (in Judaism and Christianity the holy day

of the week that is used for resting and worshipping God. For Jews this day is Saturday and for Christians it is Sunday. AH 0 (

0 ) : to keep/break the Sabbath {= to obey/not obey the religious rules for this day) A / XX AH 0 sab-batic-al /sa'baetikl/ noun [c, U] a period of time when sb, especially a teacher at a university, is allowed to stop their normal work in order to study or travel

( ) &i*m, ft

fix: to take a year’s sabbatical ^^ — Xfig'Xf^-flx 0 a sabbatical term/year 0 He’s on sabbat

ical. ffXfWfX saber (NAmE) = sabre

sable /'seibl/ noun 1 [C] a small animal from northern Asia with dark yellowish-brown fur %%; 2 [U] the

skin and fur of the sable, used for making expensive coats and artists’ brushes fgj£, IgXloJrliJf^j^AX )

sabo tage /'saebata^/ noun, verb

n noun [U] 1 the act of doing deliberate damage to equipment, transport, machines, etc. to prevent an enemy from using them, or to protest about sth ( Ai^lhScA £ii#]ffif-Tfig )S;tl£X: an act of economic/military/industrial sabotage ‘tk. fjf I ^ Jpf / X o Police investigating the train

derailment have not ruled out sabotage. AX-iti

$fl^ 14, &X $ & A A fi£ ±4 fig oJ B c 2 the act of deliberately spoiling sth in order to prevent it from being successful $31;

w verb [VN] 1 to damage or destroy sth deliberately to prevent an enemy from using it or to protest about sth

SIW ( X: The main

electricity supply had been sabotaged by the rebels. %z 3L io 2 to prevent sth from being successful or being achieved, especially deliberately

M5#; $31: Protesters failed to sabotage the peace talks. iSC # A fX 40 X AJ „ 0 The rise in interest rates sabotaged any chance of the firm’s recovery. ffeX»fig»$,

sabo teur /,saeba't3:(r)/ noun a person who does deliberate damage to sth to prevent an enemy from using it, or to protest about sth ( A it St A M A A & X trC $ fig ) i M K X # , Ph ifc ® X #: Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track. W A^ H^ T—4^11. o {BrE) hunt saboteurs (= people who try to stop people from hunting foxes, etc.) PI j&ff^tfg^figA sabre {BrE) {US saber) /'seiba(r)/ noun 1 a heavy sword with a curved blade ( ^ fJ ) ^ 71, 5j f} 2. a light sword with a thin blade used in the sport of fencing

( X&Uisgffifig ) M&J

'sabre-rattling (BrE) {US 'saber-rattling) noun [u] the act of trying to frighten sb by threatening to use force

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sabre-tooth (BrE) {US saber-tooth) /'seibatuiO; NAmE -bort-/ {BrE also .sabre-toothed ’tiger) {US also , saber-toothed tiger) noun a large animal of the cat family with two very long curved upper teeth, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct &| A

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sac /saek/ noun a part inside the body of a person, an animal or a plant, that is shaped like a bag, has thin skin around it, and contains liquid or air (A,

#Afig )#, mm, h®

saccharin /‘saekarin/ noun [U] a sweet chemical substance used instead of sugar, especially by people who are trying to lose weight Hfjf sac char ine (also less frequent sac-char-in) /'saekarirn; -rin/ adj. {disapproving) (of people or things A^tl) too emotional in a way that seems exaggerated 1# M fo

@^MfiX^kfig; If fig EH!! SENTIMENTAL : a

saccharine smile fig^W o saccharine songs SftflAM

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sacer dotal /.saesa'dautl; NAmE -sar'dootl/ adj. {formal) connected with a priest or priests ^JUfig; ^]#fig sa chet /'saejei; NAmE seefeif noun 1 {BrE) {NAmE packet) a closed plastic or paper package that contains a very small amount of liquid or a powder ( SgM&i&Jffj ) ^ Xf X M: a sachet of sauce/sugar/shampoo - ff / i|/ ftfcAA'J —picture o packaging 2 a small bag containing dried herbs or flowers that you put with your clothes to make them smell pleasant ( SI XX $9 A

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sack 0-w /saek/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc.

( ) A^ 2 [C] (NAmE) a strong paper bag

for carrying shopping ( j? fig ) ^ 3 [C] the

contents of a sack — ^ ^ ; — A H : They got through a sack of potatoes. 7 „ o

{NAmE) two sacks of groceries M pp 4 the sack

[sing.] {BrE, informal) being told by your employer that you can no longer continue working for a company, etc., usually because of sth that you have done wrong JFI^; MS; He got the sack for swearing, fife

o Her work was so poor that she was given the sack. X X # H, ® 7 tft ii „ 0 Four hundred workers face the sack. P37T^X Affll[pMS fig/aP^o 5 the sack [sing.] {informal, especially NAmE) a bed X: He caught them in the sack together. 'fiklf A'ftfe CMW-^BiXXXo 6 (usually the sack) [sing.] (formal) the act of stealing or destroying property in a captured town ( SXPSfigMSXfig ) ftlb, Sjlik: the sack of Rome ^^SjMfig'ifttt UTS?! see hit v.

« verb [VN] 1 {informal, especially BrE) to dismiss sb from a job MS; %P ft EPTC1 fire : She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays. MSjhl&XSIflXXSMM I7c 2 (of an army, etc., especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building