#
fill BE ? o They
are seriously concerned about security, fife f|] # ^ |nj ££ 0 0 Smoking
can
seriously damage your health.
2 used at the beginning of a sentence to
show a change from joking to being more serious (
A
$ IE ^ ) ift JE fill, Seriously
though, it
could be really dangerous.
fill®fti &o 3 (informal) very; extremely ##;
They’re seriously rich. fMJMAll
AA ITtlTl take sb/sth 'seriously to think that sb/sth
is important and deserves your attention and respect : We take
threats of this kind very
seriously. fJJ0 0 Why can’t you ever take anything
seriously? jfoM
ser ious ness /'siariasnas; NAmE
'sir-/ noun [u, sing.] the state of being serious ft; iAlt; : He spoke with
a seriousness that was
unusual in him. ftfeiftijlf
IETOI in all 'seriousness very seriously; not as
a joke ItW; iAiUlStfi; sermon /'S3:man; NAmE 'S3:rman/
noun 1 a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a
religious leader during a service /ft H; j# H o note at speech 2 (informal, usually disapproving)
moral advice that a person tries to give you in a long talk sermonize (erf also -ise) /'S3:manaiz; NAmE
'S3:rm-/ verb [V] (disapproving) to give moral advice, especially
when it is boring or not wanted ( kXEU'MM ) ik
Wi, tfcilll BDIl MORALIZE
sero
tonin /,sera'taunm;
NAmE -'toun-/ noun [u] a chemical in the brain that affects how
messages are sent from the brain to the body, and also affects how a person
feels ifil i#
mm)
serpent
/'S3:pant;
NAmE 'S3:rp / noun (literary) a snake, especially a large
one ££; ( jtis ) A4& serpen-tine /'S3:pantain; NAmE
's3:rpanti:n/ adj. {literary) bending and twisting like a snake % ft ft fill;
tt 68 6$; $e fill; if 0 fill HT1 winding : the serpentine course of the river
^68®#ffiCMII serrated
/sa'reitid/
adj. having a series of sharp points on the edge like a saw Sr IA 6$ : a knife with a serrated
edge ® A fill 7J — picture
c> cutlery
serra-tion /se'reijn/ noun
a part on an edge or the blade of a knife that is sharp and pointed like a saw
serried /'serid/ adj. [usually
before noun] (literary) standing or arranged
closely together in rows or lines
( ff#l ) fill , & H
fill , Hfife W : serried ranks of soldiers
serum /'siaram; NAmE
'siram/ noun (pi sera /-ra/ or serums) 1 [U] (biology
7) the thin liquid that remains from blood when the rest has clotted jfiL if 2 [U, C] {medical EE) serum taken
from the blood of an animal and given to people to protect them from disease,
poison, etc.
:
snakebite serum jjfci&llifiLy# 3 [U]
any liquid like water in body tissue %Wl ( )
Ser-Vant
0-w /'
S3:vant; NAmE 'S3:rv-/ noun 1 a
person who works in another person’s house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them
/ft A; 71 A: a domestic servant %\\- o They treat their mother like a
servant. ftfe
2 a person who
works for a company or an
organization (
)
H in , IR M : a. public servant £ # M — see
also civil servant 3 a person or
thing that is controlled by sth aR/H&SfM ( j£jt# ) T-6UA;
He was willing to make himself a servant of his art. /& tt
BfilJ"2:Ao IM see obedient serve (He /s3:v; NAmE
S3:rv/ verb, noun m verb
► F00D/DRINK tA$4 1 ~ sth (with sth) | ~ sth (to sb)
|
~ sb sth to give sb food or
drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal ( f^A
) 41$; ^±: [VN] Breakfast is served between 7 and
They served a wonderful meal to more than fifty
delegates. 0
The delegates were served with a wonderful meal. ft^CI
0 Pour the sauce over
the pasta and serve immediately. jE A $h
;#; A 7Jffi ± A 0 [VNN] She served us a delicious lunch.
& Cl ifc 7 -■ - m Rl P fiD 7«o
0 [V] Shall I serve ? JJfl £
± M fflj? o [VN-ADJ] The quiche can
be served hot or cold. M 2 [VN] (of an amount of
food # $1 tfj M) to be enough
for sb/sth 1$ ■■■vt ( sSL ff] ) ! This dish will serve four
hungry people.
►
CUSTOMERS 3 (especially BrE) to help a customer or
sell them sth in a shop/store \ IK#: [VN] Are you being served? t A^#l®i? o [V] She was serving behind the counter.
#tfe/E/EnlK#o
►
BE USEFUL %‘h] 4 [VN] to be useful to
sb in achieving or
satisfying sth ft ••• fj J£ & M
: These
experiments serve no useful purpose.
^
P7 M X o O Most of their economic policies serve the interests of big
business. n*A£ik
fill f!J ^ 0
0 How can we best serve the needs of future generations? 0 His
linguistic ability served him
well in his chosen profession.
►
PROVIDE STH HI* 5 [VN] ~ sb (with
sth) to provide an
area or a group of people
with a product or service ( 41$: The
town is well
served with buses and major
road links.
O The
centre will serve the whole
community. Ail
►
BE SUITABLE it £ 6 [V] ~ (as sth) to
be suitable for a particular use, especially when nothing else is available
7T^--7£
( ) : The
sofa will
serve as a bed for a night
or two. £1? %. nj \>X ij ^
—
►
HAVE PARTICULAR RESULT r 7* I'ft/A |7~ (as sth) to have a particular
effect or result ^4 - fill^ Ip ^ ) : [V] The judge
said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.
0 o [V to inf] The
attack was unsuccessful and served only to alert the enemy. £ rMSfc AW^
►
WORK I f| 8 ~ (sb) (as sth) | ~
(in/on/with sth) |
~
(under/with sb) to work or perform duties for a person, an organization,
a country, etc. ( A -• Mf£, IK#, IlfrA#, [V] He served as a captain in
the army. — 0 She
served in the
medical corps. Afe & E # fft PA
IK ik ^ o 0 He served under Edward Heath in the 1970s. ftfe^7 20 ttlE 70
Wt-P • # JS ^ 7 ft IK o 0
[VN] I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community. ^A/&AX:IK#fifj7#Wf&o O He served the family faithfully for
many years {= as a servant).
/tC&'ll'lklC C]f^ jA^A^^c 9 ~ (as sth) to spend a period of time in
a particular job or training for a job jf$j A ; fi/i ( IR # ) N-1a]
H ; in ill A : [VN] He served a one-year apprenticeship. ftfe#7“^7filJ^;^o 0 [V] She was elected to
serve as secretary of the local party. M A 3^
►
TIME IN PRISON 10 [VN] to spend a period
of
time in prison IK ( fPJ )
: prisoners serving life sentences IK A ffi CJ (ft 0 !E 0 She is
serving two years for theft. M 0 & ^ ^ .7 |E IK M ¥ %
IfiJ o 0 He has served time (= been to prison) before.
►
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT iftAt# 11
[VN]
~ sth (on sb) |
~
sb with sth (law '0) to give or
send sb an official document, especially one that orders them to appear in
court jfi ••• ; |fij ( ^A ) :
to serve a writ/
summons on sb A 0 to serve sb with
a writ/summons
►
IN SPORT 12 (in tennis,
etc. to start
playing by throwing the ball
into the air and hitting it % ( ^ ) ; [V] Who’s serving? o [VN] She served
an ace.
ITTffll it serves sb 'right (for
doing sth) used to say that sth that has happened to sb is their
own fault and they deserve it^fifii^l; H W iS #: Left you,
did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.