1764
sal vola-tile /.sael va'laetali/ noun [U] a type of smelling salts mm®, n)
salwar
kameez
sal-war
(also
shal-war)
/sAl'wa:(r)/
noun light loose
trousers/pants that are tight around the ankles, sometimes worn by S Asian
women ( 3E ) A A; & P 3$: a salwar kameez (= a salwar worn with a kameez)
Samaritan
/sa'maeritan/
noun fiTOI a .good Sa'mar- itan a person who gives
help and sympathy to people who need it # & #} ffc S, fij M A; # A;
A # if ^ MtlMIfli From the Bible story
of a person from Samaria who helps an injured man that nobody else will help.
the
Sa-mar-itans noun [pi.] a British
charity that offers help to people who are very depressed and in danger of
killing themselves, by providing a phone number that they can ring in order to
talk to sb H&SjAJiEA ( ^[U
n#)
sa
mar ium /sa'meariam;
NAmE -'mer-/ noun [U] (symb Sm) a chemical element.
Samarium is a hard silver- white metal used in making strong magnets. # samba /'saemba/ noun a fast dance
originally from
Same
0-w /seim/
ad}., pron.,
adv.
m
adj.
1 exactly the one or ones referred to or mentioned; not different [rJ — ;
fg [W] : We have
lived
in the same house for twenty years. [WJ—Jgf^
TSftT^AATo
<> Our children
go to the same school as theirs. o
She’S
still
the same
fun-loving
person that
I knew at
college.
i£Ji±A^M-W»J£#To
0 This one
works in exactly the same way as the other. ASi-SPA is ft A % A — W o 0 They both said much the same thing. jMlWAf$i$AS—#o o He used the very same (= exactly the same) words, Ttc AM®
0
I resigned last Friday and left that same day. A-AMM 3I5¥T -JfTo 2 exactly like the one or
ones
referred to or mentioned (AT- ) -~$g—
:
I bought the same car as yours (= another car of
that type), mmj-*flSAv 0 She was
wearing
the same
dress that I had on. M W 1$ A M fn ® — # o 0 The same thing happened to me last
week.
±<ffl ffc -fe fi m r7:® # 65 o IEIMI Most idioms containing
same are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example be
in the same boat is at boat. A^ft^ same
is]
R zti M A is] A #g f!l, M be in the same boat Al ia] A
boat T.o 'same
old, 'same old (informal, especially
NAmE) used to say that a
situation has not changed at all 3-;#7; ‘How’s
it going?’‘Oh, same old,
same old.’ “&&£&&? ” “i$, ”
mpron. 1 the ~ (as ...) the
same thing or things ( ffl )
1
would do the same again,
O I think the same as you do about this. 0 Just do the
same as me (= as I do). 0 o His latest
movie is just more of the same—exotic locations, car
chases and a final shoot-out. R
m — vmmmo
{informal)
‘I’ll
have coffee.’ ‘Same for me, please (= I will have one too).’
“^^lillif 0 ” “ficEA—Ifo ” 2 the ~ (as ...) having the same
number, colour, size, quality, etc. ( &g, A/is ) M®, There
are several brands and they’re not all the same. W£f/LA pnUf, 0 I’d like one the same
as yours.
A
A ® — A W o 3 the same (BrE) the same person ®
—* A A: ‘Was that George on the phone?’ ‘The same (= yes, it
was George)/ ” “iEIL ”
ITilTl ,all/,just the 'same despite this fTliAn
lit CYI71 nevertheless : He’s not very
reliable, but I like him just the same. AEfS, 0
‘Will you stay for lunch?’ ‘No, but thanks all the
same.’ n.n? ”, “AT, £i*f0 ”
0 All the same, there’s some truth in what she says. fS-HAnjJt, M
be all the
'same to sb
to
not be important tosbitf^AAA^^ ( A #f
if ) : It’s all the same to me whether we eat now or later,
JttfcETr,
M—AJLifeETi ^cAMiio .one and
the
'same the
same person or thing AA; |WJ —-A %: It turns out that her aunt and my cousin
are one and the same. It ^ life M M MJl 3$ % M. (the) , same a'gain (informal) used to ask sb to
serve you the same drink as before [WJ# #J ( Same
again,
please! ffl Wl A — # , if H 5|t — ifr ! .same 'here
(iinformal) used to say that sth is also true of you $£-&—
#; it* jk: ‘I can’t wait to see it. ’ ‘Same here. ’ “ 3%
E AI#5,±ff‘i!J'£o
” “flc-E—#0 ” (the) .same to'you {informal) used to answer a greeting, an insult, etc. ( MJSZI‘Happy
Christmas!’ ‘And the same to you!’ ”
“tklllf Sift
" o‘Get lost!’‘Same to
you!’ “'Ml ” ”
%
adv.
(usually the same) in the same way [W] #
: We treat boys exactly the same as girls.
|W]^*f#0 o (informal) He gave me
five dollars, same as usual.
same
ness /'seimnas/
noun [U] the quality of being the same; a lack of variety (WJ ^;
|W] —M; A —W; A : She
grew tired of the sameness of the food. t&A A
iS,
MIU^MTo
‘same-sex
adj. [only before noun]
1 of the same sex |WJ'(4 ^l] (Hj: The child’s same-sex parent
acts as a role model.
2
involving people of the same sex # Afiila same-sex relation
ship [sf&'&lf
samey
/'seimi/
adj. {BrE,
informal, disapproving) not changing or different and therefore
boring A If -* W
samfu
/‘saemfu:/
noun (from Chinese) a light suit
consisting of a jacket with a high collar
and loose trousers/pants, worn by Chinese women ( MA
sa-mosa
/sa'mausa;
NAmE -'mou-/ noun a type of hot spicy S
Asian food consisting of a triangle of thin crisp pastry filled with meat or vegetables and fried pp ^ pA
)
samo
var /'saemava:(r)/
noun a large container for
heating water, used especially in Russia for making tea
samp
/saemp/
noun [U] {SAfrE) the inner parts of maize seeds that are crushed
roughly; a type of porridge that
is made from this A AM;
sam
pan /'saempaen/
noun a small boat with a
flat bottom used along the coast and rivers of China liljfe
sam
phire 7'saemfaia(r)/
noun [U] a European plant
that grows on rocks by the sea, whose leaves are used as a