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a drink made with
sarsaparilla # II il fll tHjC #4; ±
tm
sar torial /sa:'to:rial;
NAmE sair't-/ adj. [only before noun]
(formal) relating to clothes, especially men’s
clothes, and the way they are made or worn (
► sartorially/-riali/ adv.
SAS
/,es
ei 'es/ abbr. Special Air Service (a
group of highly trained soldiers in
SASE
noun (NAmE) an envelope on which you have written your
name and address and put a stamp so that sb else can use it to send sth to you
(abbreviation used in writing for ‘self-addressed stamped envelope’) (
—compare sae
sash/saeJV noun 1 a long strip of cloth
worn around the waist or over one shoulder, especially as part of a uniform ( m 2
either of a
pair
of windows, one above the other, that are opened and closed by sliding them up
and down inside the frame ( Mjt&Mfa-Jiift ) MM sashay/'saejei; NAmE sae'Jei/ verb [V +adv./prep.] to walk in a very
confident but relaxed way, especially in order
tobenoticed AjSAlfl&M;
'sash cord noun a string or rope with
a weight at one end attached to a sash window allowing it to stay open in any
position (
sash imi /'saejimi; NAmE sa:'shi:mi/ noun [U, C] (from Japanese) a Japanese dish consisting of slices of
raw fish, served with sauce Ł M # ( 0 A ^ , H jj§| i#c ^
)
,sash
'window noun a window that consists
of two separate parts, one above the other that you open by sliding one of the
parts up or down SI MII
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Sasquatch
/‘saeskwaet.f;
-wntj'; NAmE -wa:tJ7
noun = Bigfoot sass/saes/ noun, verb
mnoun [U] (informal, especially NAmE) behaviour or talk that
is rude and lacking respect mverb [VN] [NAmE, informal) to
speak to sb in a rude way, without respect )
i#i$; ft -
ft W A : Don’t sass your mother! fil jfc-fif MS'i AHf
/jNnq^j!
sassafras /‘saesafraes/
noun a N American tree with
pleasant-smelling leaves and bark. Its
leaves are sometimes used to make a type of tea. (A
Sas
sen ach /'saesanaek;
-naex/ noun (ScotE, disapproving or humorous) an English person A ► Sas-sen-ach
adj.
sassy/'saesi/ adj. (sassier, sas si es^ (informal, especially NAmE) 1 [disapproving) rude; showing a lack
of respect A AW 2 (approving) fashionable and
confident H It Ji i ft W: his sassy, streetwise daughter $|S X W
SAT
noun 1 SAT™/,es ei ‘ti:/ (in the
the SAT o I scored 1 050 on the
sat. 1050 oosat
score Ą
ik A fi fa J 2 /saet/
(in
abbreviation for ‘Standard
Assessment Task’ (now called NCT) ( mm ) Standard
Assessment
Task, Sftlfc A NCT ) sat pt, pp of sit
Satan/'seitn/
noun the Devil #0.; MM sa tan ic /sa'taemk; NAmE also sei't-/ adj. 1 (often Sa- tan-i<) connected with the
worship of the Devil 0. W: satanic cults 2 (formal) morally bad
and evil HEIdemonic ► sa tan-ic-
aMy/-kli/ adv.
sa tan ism /'seitamzam/ noun [U] the worship of Satan ►sa-tan-ist/'seitamst/
noun
satay /'saetei;
NAmE 'sen-/ noun [U, C] a SE Asian dish consisting of meat
or fish cooked on sticks and served with a sauce made with peanuts
satchel
/'sastjal/
noun a leather bag that you
hang over your shoulder or wear on your back, that children used to use for
carrying their books to school ( IB H ) & 45
sat-com (also
SAT-COIVl) /’saetknm; NAmE -ka:m/ noun [U] satellite communications JEMilfil sate/seit/ verb [VN] [formal) to satisfy a desire
#!&($;
m)
sated /'seitid/
adj. [not usually before noun] ~ (with sth) (formal) having had so much of
sth that you do not need any more MM; ISM: sated with pleasure jtJf
satellite/'saetalait/ noun 1 an electronic device
that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is
used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for providing
information. A HUES: a weather/communications satellite HMt/ if fit IE M 0 The interview came live by satellite from
sion/TV (= broadcast using a
satellite) JE M ft 41 0 a satellite broadcast/channel/picture IE
M fa M /MM/ M It 2 a natural
object that moves around a larger natural object in space J2. M: The moon is a satellite of earth. 3 a town, a country or an
organization that is controlled by
and depends on another larger or more powerful one JEM JIMS;
ft 01HJK: satellite states JEM S 'satellite dish noun a piece of equipment
that receives signals from a satellite, used to enable people to watch
satellite television lEMftflll^X^;
'satellite
station noun 1 a company that
broadcasts television programmes using a satellite JE M ft 4J5, a 2 a place where special
equipment is used to follow the movements of satellites and receive information
from them JZMi{feffi&
sati
(also
sut-te^
/'sAti:;
SA'ti:/ noun 1 [U] the former
practice in Hinduism of a wife burning herself with the body of her dead
husband Flft, 31 #3
i >if& ) 2 [C] a wife who did this g jAWSfi sa ti ate /'seijieit/ verb [VN] [usually passive] (formal) to give sb so much of
sth that they do not feel they want any more $!M ►
sa-ti-ation/.seiJTeiJn/ noun [U] sa-ti-ety/sa'taiati/ noun [U] (formal or technical Ain) the state or feeling
of being completely full of food, or of having had enough of sth i&M; MM; satin/'saetin; NAmE 'saetn/ noun, adj. mnoun [U] a type of cloth
with a smooth shiny surface =E: a white satin ribbon
•adj. [only before noun] having the smooth
shiny appearance of satin (UW; The paint has
a satin finish.
sat-iny/'saetini; NAmE 'saetni/ adj. looking or feeling like satin ftJHlilW; her satiny skin f&ft
mw&s*
sat
ire /'saetaia(r)/
noun [U, C] a way of
criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show
their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of criticism
jW,$iJ; t/LiM; W $]#qp: political/social
satire i&'fe / o a
work full of savage/biting satire $!] (ft ff np 0 The novel is a stinging satire on
American politics.
sa tiric al /sa'tirikl/ (also less frequent sa-tir-ic/sa'tirik/)
adj. using satire to
criticize sb/sth i/UM W: a
satirical magazine ► sa tir ic al ly/-kli/ adv.
sat ir ist /'saetarist/ noun a person who writes or
uses satire miftm; MfWJWA sat-ir ize [BrE also -ise^ /'saetaraiz/ verb [VN] to use satire to show the faults in a person, an organization, a
system, etc. iRl$!]; ifliR,