school-room /'sku:lru:m; -rum/ noun (old-fashioned)
a
classroom
the 'school run noun [sing.] (BrE) the journey that
parents make to take their children to school or to bring them home again ( XM
)
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school teach er /’sku:lti:tja(r)/ noun a person whose job is
teaching in a school (
school-work /'sku:lw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun [u] work that students do
at school or for school 4^4&tt>ik; if M. tMk; She is struggling to
keep up with her
schoolwork. M&^TfTcJ^iko school-yard /‘sku:lja:d; NAmE -ja:rd/ noun (NAmE) an outdoor area of a
school for children to play in 4£ @1;
( 4^#e64 ) W'=fc.W& — compare playground(I) schooner /'sku:n0(r)/ noun 1 a sailing ship
with two or more masts (= posts
that support the sails) (
Hi ) iHtHHSr 2 a tall glass for sherry or beer If fiJMHfs
schtick, schtuck, schtum,
schtup =
shtick,
SHTOOK,
SHTUM, SHTUP
schuss /Jus/ noun (from German)
an
act of skiing down a straight
slope ( it If ) ►schuss
verb [V]
schwa (also shwa) /Jwa:/ noun (phonetics
i§W)
a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the ‘a’ in about or the ‘e’ in moment;
the
phonetic symbol for this, /a/ , Mtl
W ( about 764 a & moment 764 e ) ; #4^
m N
sci
at ic /sai'aetik/
adj.
[only
before noun] (anatomy
$?)
of the hip or of the nerve which goes from the pelvis to the thigh
(= the sciatic
nerve) *£#64;
4* #4*fi£ 64 sci at ica /sai'aetika/ noun [u] pain in the back, hip
and outer side of the leg, caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve 4* ##£2-11 sci ence Ot* /'saians/ noun 1 [U] knowledge about
the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world, based on facts
that you can prove, for example by experiments f4 4^; i 44 ^: new developments in
science and technology 4474£ 764§fr(£M 0 the advance of modern
science fJ14t444^64 o the laws of science 14 XfiiW 2 [U] the study of
science ^^444^644^4J-^$f;/L; 3144: science students/ teachers/courses 31 44 4^ / ffc Of / if 4i 3 [U, C] a
particular branch of science g 44 7 7 44; to study
one of the sciences i%M~: n i M444^ — compare art n. (6), humanity(4) 4 [sing.] a system
for organizing the knowledge about a particular subject, especially one
concerned with aspects of human behaviour or society (
ftfeAX, 4±7 ) 744, 7: a science of international politics H |£f to 7 — see also domestic
science,
EARTH
SCIENCE, LIFE SCIENCES, NATURAL SCIENCE, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ROCKET SCIENCE,
SOCIAL SCIENCE
ITTITil see blind v.
.science
'fiction (also
informal
'sci-fi)
(abbr.
SF)
noun
[u]
a
type of book, film/movie, etc. that is based on imagined scientific discoveries
of the future, and often deals with space travel and life on other planets
44£i7 &()
'science
park noun
an
area where there are a lot of companies or organizations involved in scientific
research and development 444£@Gt Sci en tif ic 0-w /.saian’trfik/ adj. [usually before noun]
1 involving science; connected with science 447 ( ± ■) 64; 7744764: a scientific discovery 447$41 0 scientific
knowledge 447£fl/iR 0 sites of scientific
interest 447^ 7'7 64 7 2 (of a way of doing
sth or thinking
careful and logical «riS64;
447 64: He took a very scientific approach to management. flfe7m7-##744764if
M&o 0 We need to be more scientific about this problem. ^-714]^ ±4k C] H
''So PH3 unscientific — compare non-
scientific ► sci-en-tif-ic-ally /-kli/ adv. sci en tism /'saiantizam/ noun [U] 1 a way of
thinking or expressing ideas that is considered to be typical of scientists
447JSSfl; 44 7 7 ‘7; 447ic5ii 2 complete
1783
belief in scientific
methods, or in the truth of scientific knowledge 447S±±j£; PI4477X
sci en tist 0-w /'saiantist/ noun a person who studies
one or more of the natural sciences
(= for example, physics, chemistry and biology) 447IC: a research
scientist o nuclear scientists 4£447^ 0 scientists and engineers 44 7 M 4fl 7 H !)ip 0 the cartoon figure of the mad scientist
working in his laboratory
W f I f t — see also political
scientist, social
SCIENTIST
Sci-en-tol-ogy™ /,saian'tDlad3i; NAmE -'tail-/
noun [U] a religious system based on getting knowledge of yourself and
spiritual fulfilment through
courses of study and training 447i&^ ( fI^M&4^4P
S^iAiR4flff;W3±64IIIfl
) ► sci en tolo
gist
noun
sci-fi /'sai fai/ noun [u] (informal)
= science fiction
scimi-tar /'simita(r)/ noun a short curved sword with one sharp edge, used especially in Eastern
countries
(
scin tilla /sin'tila/ noun [sing.] ~ (of sth) (formal) (usually in negative
sentences M 7 #1 7 j§ aE 7l) a very small amount of sth —MM:
There
is not a scintilla of truth in what she says. M64ii4'$W77F7ftro
scin
til lat ing /’sintileitir)/ adj. very clever, amusing and
interesting 64; fc!>$8ft£64: a scintillating
performance %f> 64 M ftj o Statistics on
unemployment levels hardly make for scintillating reading. AMMWWi
scion /’saian/ noun 1 (formal or literary) a
young member of a family, especially a famous or important one ( X 4a^ hM^64 ) 734 2 (technical
7 iff) a piece of a plant, especially one cut to make a new plant £44£; ' ( Xtia j
mm
sci-rocco o
sirocco
scissor hold (also 'scissors hold) noun a move in which a Wrestler’s head or body is held between
his/ her opponent’s legs t§XB ( 41 ft 7/47 64 W&
'scissor
kick (also
'scissors
kick) noun 1 (in swimming $c) a
strong kick with the legs moving in opposite directions ft $& %} jfe ) 2 (in football
(soccer) 7 j£) an action of
kicking the ball while jumping sideways in the air fUlfcj
handle
nail clippers 4a ¥ X tongs ft7
pliers 5^ft secateurs
scis sors 0-w /'sizaz; NAmE
'sizarz/ noun [pi.] a tool for
cutting paper or cloth, that has two sharp blades with handles, joined together
in the middle X: a pair of scissors — 4EI4Zf — see
also nail scissors ► scis sor adj. [only before noun] :
The
legs move in a scissor action.
sclerosis /skla'rausis;
NAmE -'rou-/ noun [U] (medical
E) a condition in which soft tissue
in the body becomes