wmw$m±k
() —compare Ashkenazi ►
Seph-ar-dic
/-ik/
adj. sepia /'si:pia/ noun
fit] 1 a brown substance used in inks and paints and used in the past for
printing photographs ( ^S§'/f ) 2 a
reddish-brown
colour $•#§]& ► sepia adj. [usually before noun]: sepia
ink/prints/photographs 4 U
fe Ep hr /
mn
sepoy /‘siipai/ noun 1
in the past, an Indian soldier serving under a British or European officer ( |B
2 (IndE) a soldier or police
officer of the lowest rank ±jA; ffM sep sis /‘sepsis/ noun
[U] (medical Eg) an infection of part of the body in which pus is produced #fE
Sep tem ber 0-w /sep'temba(r)/ noun
[U, C] (abbr. Sept.)
the 9th month of the
year, between August and October ji H ilistiJ To see how September
is used, look at the examples at April. * September April
sep tet /septet/ noun
1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of seven musicians or singers -t S # 5R 0
; 4: S »1 M. 'a 2 [C] a piece of
music for seven musicians or singers t fi #
( ); -tnm (
sep tic /‘septik/ adj. (of a wound or part of
the body ffj P infected with harmful bacteria
W; J&frt'&l:
d
septtc finger 0
A dirty cut may go septic.
septi cae mia (BrE) (NAmE septi ce mia) /.septi'siimia/ noun
[U] (medical BE) infection of the blood by harmful bacteria P& lfillE E£EJ blood poisoning
,septic 'tank noun a large container,
usually underground, that holds human waste from toilets until the action of
bacteria makes it liquid enough to be absorbed by the ground {fcUftfe septil lion /sep'tiljan/ number
the number 1024, or l followed by 24 zeros * 1024 ;
WTAWffl&Af septuagenar ian /,septjuad3a‘nearian;
NAmE -tjua- d3a'ner-/
noun (formal) a person between 70 and 79 years old * 70 MJ79
pjfyX
sep tum /'septam/ noun (pi septa /'septa/) (anatomy
$$) a thin part that separates two hollow areas, for example the part of
the nose between the nostrils
M; mm
sep-tup-let /'septjuplit;
sep'tjuiplit; NAmE sep'taplat; -'tu:p-/ noun one of seven children
bom at the same time to the same mother J
sepulchral /sa'pAlkral/ adj. (literary)
looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death Wftl W ; 1$ & M W; — $£ 67 H33 funereal : He
spoke in sepulchral tones.
sepulchre (Br£) (
se-quel/'siikwal/ noun ~ (to sth) 1 a
book, film/movie, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one ( K mrm ) £35, mm: a sequel to the
hit
movie ‘Sister Act’J—BtfWJ£>L — compare prequel 2 [usually sing.] something
that happens after an earlier event or as a result of an earlier event $Ljt ffff 5ft W ♦; *n ^: There
was an interesting sequel
to these events later in the year.
sequence /'siikwans/ noun, verb m noun
1 [C] a set of events, actions, numbers, etc. which have a particular
order and which lead to a particular result - % M; - /E $ : He described the sequence
of
events leading up to the
robbery, 7 ffr ifj M
Zfe
mf W “ MX]
fj X 'If R o 2 [C, U] the order
that events, actions, etc. happen in or should happen in I® Ef ;
IX P?
: The
tasks had to be performed in a particular sequence.
& IHi #5 Wit& — felX if
X #1
'if
1 0 Number the pages in sequence. MPfte .Hi <> These
pages
are out of sequence. &
Ji
K I# If 7IX F? <, 3 [C] a part of
a film/movie that deals with one subject or topic or
consists of one scene ( itlb1]1 W-)
m verb [VN] 1 (technical A ig) to arrange things into
a sequence j#?'J 2 (biology 4) to identify the order in which a set of genes or parts of molecules are arranged MM ( ^ # S 0J&
# W ) J?X\ : The human genome has
now been sequenced. A^SSI W Pf X\ ffl B M a£ o ► se-quen-cing
noun [U]
: a gene sequencing project ^0$f|jf ^ g the .sequence of
'tenses noun [sing.] (grammar if ^) the rules
according to which the tense of a subordinate
clause depends on the tense of a main clause, so that, for example, 7
think that you are wrong’
becomes 7 thought that you were wrong’ in the past tense ( Al^lW^±%B4&
mm >
se quen cer /'sirkwansa(r)/ noun
an electronic instrument for recording and storing sounds so that they can be
played later as part of a piece of music # pf ^
mu
se quen tial /si'kwenjl/ adj. (formal) following in order of
time or place JUJW; sequential
data processing M ft M S ►
se-quen-tial-ly /-Jali/ adv.: data stored sequentially on a computer M Pf
se-ques-ter /sTkwesta(r)/ verb [VN] (law #) 1 = sequestrate
2 to keep a jury together
in a place, in order to prevent them from talking to other people about a court
case, or learning about it in the newspapers, on television, etc. filfii ( )
sequestered /si’kwestad; NAmE -tard/ adj. [usually before
noun] (literary) (of a place PtfeAf) quiet and far away from people WmX, MW;
se ques trate /'siikwastreit;
si'kwes-/ (also se-ques-ter) verb [VN] (law #) to take control of sb’s property or assets until a debt has been paid
fulfil, IP# ( ft Ij'AWT* ) ► se-ques-tra-tion /.siikwa'streijn/ noun
[U, C] se
quin /'sirkwin/
noun a small round shiny disc sewn onto clothing as decoration ( ) IaJAAHA
►
se-quinned /'siikwind/ adj. [usually
before noun] se-quoia /si'kwoia/ noun a very tall N
American tree, a type of redwood ‘QXf sera pi. of serum
ser-aph /'seraf/ noun (pi
ser-aph-im
/-fim/
or ser-aphs)
an
angel of the highest rank
)
— compare cherub(I)
ser aph ic /sa'raefik/ adj. (literary) 1 as beautiful, pure, etc. as an
angel ) W: a seraphic
child/nature X M nJ ^ W 3. X / it tn WAft 2 extremely
happy 7c tfc'l&5]s W: a seraphic smile Tc
tt'IATh
ser-en-ade /.sera'neid/ noun,
verb m
noun 1 a song or tune played
or sung at night by a lover outside the window of the woman he loves ( M ) /hM
2 a gentle piece of music in several parts, usually for a small group of
instruments (
m verb [VN] to sing or play
music to sb (as done in the past by a man singing under her window to the woman
he
loved) (mmmik f)
ser en dip ity /.seran'dipati/ noun
[u] the fact of sth interesting or pleasant happening by chance 75 ♦; 4JL
►
ser-en-dip-it-ous /-'dipatas/ adj.: serendipitous discoveries
se-rene /sa'riin/ adj. calm and peaceful f - # W ; t7# W; W: a lake, still and
serene in the sunlight fQ ft A "r # fc ifm. W 7X ► se-rene-ly adv.: serenely beautiful
yilHi 0 She smiled serenely. se-ren-
ity /sa'renati/ noun [LI, sing.]: The
hotel offers a haven of peace and serenity away from the bustle of the city.
serf /s3:f; NAmE S3irf/ noun (in the past) a person who was
forced to live and work on land that belonged to a landowner whom they had to obey ( I0B4W ) A/K serfdom /'S3:fdam; NAmE 'S3irf-/ noun [U] the system under
which crops were grown by serfs; the state of being a serf A3X§']; the abolition of serfdom
in