road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers.在发生一系列交通事故之后，警方提请驾驶人要
谨慎驾车。.E33 insanity — see also sane
sank of sink
sans /saenz/
prep,
{literary
or humorous) without ic；
有：There were no potatoes so we had
fish and chips t/ie chips.那时没有土豆，所以我们吃了不带薯条的
炸鱼薯条。
satisa
/'saensa/
noun = thumb piano San-skrit /'saenskrit/ noun [U] an ancient
language of India belonging to the Indo-European family, in which the Hindu
holy texts are written and on which many modern languages are based 梵语（古印度语，属于_ 欧语系，用于印度教i文撰写，也是很多现代语言的
基础）
sans serif (also san-serif) /.saen 'serif/ noun [U] (technical 术语）(in printing 印届ij) a typeface in whicli the letters have
no serif完:衬线字体
Santa
Claus /'saenta
klo:z/ (also Santa) noun = Father Christmas sap /saep/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [U] the liquid in a
plant or tree that carries food to all its parts (植物体内运送养芬的）液，汁：MapZe syrup is made from sap extracted
from the sugar maple tree.槭糖浆是用糖槭树中提取的树液制成的。2 [C] {informal, especially
Sapir-Whorf
hypothesis /sa.pia 'wo:f haipD0asis; NAmE sa.pir 'wo:rf
haipa:0asis/ noun [sing.] (linguistics n) the theory that the
language that you speak has an important effect on the way you think 萨丕尔一沃尔夫
假说（认定所操语言对思维方式有重要影响} sap.ling /’saeplm/ /70W/1 a
young tree 幼树
sapo-dilla /.saepa'dila/ noun a large tropical
American tree that produces a fruit that can be eaten and chicle (=a substance used in
chewing gum)人心果（产宁热带
美洲，果实可食用，树胶可制口香糖）
sap-per /'saep0(r)/ noun (Br£) a soldier whose job
is to build or repair roads, bridges, etc.,■工兵工程兵
sap-phic /'saefik/ noun (formal) relating to lesbians ic 「南恋的►sap.phism /’saefizam/ now/? [U] sap-phire /'saefaia^)/ noun 1 [C, U] a clear,
bright blue precious stone 圭石 2
[U] a bright blue colour 宝蓝
色；天蓝色► sap.phire 〇〇[/.: sapphire eyes宝蓝色的眼睛
sappy /'saepi/ adj. (sap-pier,
sap-piest) 1 [NAmE, informal) =soppy 2 (of plants 植物j fuil of sap (= liquid)汁液丰
富的
sap-wood
/'saepwud/
noun [U] the soft younger
outer layers of the wood of a tree, inside the bark 边材，液
材（处于树皮和心材之间）一compare heartwood
sara>band
(also
sara-bande)
/'sserebeend/
noun
a slow elegant Spanish dance; a piece of music for this dance 萨拉班德舞（优雅的西班牙慢步舞）；萨拉班德舞曲
Saran Wrap™
/sa'raen
raep/ noun [U] (NAmE) = cling film
sar-casm
/'saikaezam;
NAmE 'sairk-/ noun [U] a way of using
words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to sb or
to make fun of them 讽刺；嘲讽；全苦：That wiH be ，she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really thought
it would not be useful at all). “还真有用咧。”她狠狠挖苦道。◊ a hfnt/touc/i/trace o/sarcasm in his voke 他话语中暗含 / 略带/流露的嘲讽腔调
sar-cas-tic /sai'kaestik;
NAmE sair'k-/ (also BrE informal sarky) <3办 showing or expressing
sarcasm 讽刺的；嘲 讽的；挖苦的：sarcastic comments冷嘲热^ 舍◊ a sarcastic manner W S 〇 'Therms no need to be sarcastic/she said ■“木挖苦人嘛。”她说。._.>sar.cas-
tic-al'ly /-kli/
adv.
1767 sarsaparilla
sarcoma /sai'kauma; NAmE sair'kouma/ noun [medical 医）a harmful (= malignant) lump (= a tumour) that grows in certain parts of
the body such as muscle or bone肉瘤
sar-copha-gus /sar'kDfagas; NAmE sa:r'ka:f-/ noun (pi. sar coph-agi /sai'kDfagai; NAmE sa:r'ka:f-/) a stone coffin (=r box that a dead person is
buried in), especially one that is decorated, used in ancient times ( %
指古代有雕饰的）石棺
sar-dine /,sa:'di:n; NAmE ,sa:r'd-/ noun a small young sea fish (for example, a
young pilchard) that is either
eaten fresh or preserved in tins/cans '沙丁.鱼 II»T7!1 (packed, crammed, etc.)
like sar'dines [mformal)
pressed
tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant拥挤不堪；挤得水i不通
sar-don-lc /sai'dDmk; NAmE sa:r'da:mk/ adj. (disapproving) showing that you think
that you are better than other people and do not take them seriously 轻慢的； 轻蔑的；&弄的 PCJn
mocking： a sardonic smi7e 讪笑 ► sar-don ic-aMy /-kli/ adv.
sarge /sa:d3； NAmE sa:rd3/ noun {informal) used to talk to or
about a sergeant 中士；巡金；警佐
sari莎丽
sari /'sairi/ noun a long piece of cloth that is wrapped
around the body and worn as the main piece of clothing by women in
长 rfr)
sarin /'sairm/ noun [U] a type of poisonous gas used in
chemical weapons莎# (甬于化学武器的一种毒气）
sarky /'saiki; NAmE 'sairki/ adj. (sark ier, sarki-est) {BrE, informal) = sarcastic
sarnie /'sa:ni; NAmE 'saimi/ noun (BrE, informal) =SANDWICH n.{l)
sar-ong /sa'roi]； NAmE -'ro:^; -'ra:q/ noun a long piece of cloth wrapped around the
body from the waist or the chest, worn by Malaysian and Indonesian men and
women#笼（马来西亚人和印度尼西亚人裹在腰或胸以
的长条布，男女均穿）
sar-panch /'saipAntJ; NAmE 'sa:rp-/ noun (in some S Asian countries) the head of a
village or of a PANCHAYAT:(—些备亚国家的）村长，村务委员长
SARS
/sa:z;
NAmE sairz/ noun [U] the abbreviation for ‘severe acute
respiratory syndrome' (an illness that is easily spread from person to person,
which affects the lungs and can sometimes cause death)严重急性呼吸道 综合征（全写为 severe
acute respiratory syndrome,通称
非典型肺炎，是可致命的传染病）：Afo new SARS coses have
been reported in the region•.该区没有新增非典型肺
炎病例。
sar-sa-par-illa /.saispa'rila;
,sa:sap8-; NAmE ,sa:rs-/ noun 1 [U] a dried substance
that is used to flavour drinks and medicines, obtained from a plant also called
sarsaparilla洋菝葜干根（用于饮料和药的调味）2 [U, C]