severity.他沉下脸来，装出一副严厉的样子。〇1?16 6^1!)- orate facade contrasts
strongly with the severity of the interior.精致的门面同室内的简朴形成强烈反差。
sev.ika./’servika/
notv/7 (/m/£) 1 a female servant 女仆.； 女佣2 a female social worker女社会福利工作‘；女
社工
Sev-ille orange /.sevil 'Drmd3； NAmE 'o:r-;
'a:r-/ noun a type of bitter orange, used in making marmalade 酸橙
(用于制酸果酱）
Sew
(Hf /sau;
NAmE sou/ verb {sev/ed, sewn /saun; NAmE soun/
or sewed)
1 to use a needle and
thread to make stitches in cloth 缝；做针线活_: . [V] My mother _taught
me how to sew...我 母亲妷我做it•线。◊ to sew by
hami/machine 手：iE缝制； 用机器缝◊ [VN] to sew a
seam 缝接缝 2
[VN] ~ sth (tm) to make, repair or attach sth using a needle and thread:缝 制；—补；缝上：She sews aH her own dothes•她所有的 衣服都是自己缝的。◊ Can you sew a button
on/or me? 你能给我钉个扣子吗？_◊
Surgeons were a We to sew the /iinger bacfc on.夕卜科医生把断指接上了。E2S39
,sew
5th^ ‘up T to join or repair sth by sewing 缝合；缝补.：to sew up a
seam 缝上接缝 2
[often passive] (/n/ormfl/). to arrange sth in an
acceptable way.安排妥帖;j
A好;..無万
无一吳：Jt di’dn’t tafce me
Zong to sew up t/ie deaZ.我没 费多未；夫就把那桩生意做成了。◊ They thinfc
they have
the
election sewn
up
(= they think they are definitely going to win).他们认为这次选举他们已;5东一朱。 sew-age /'su:id3； BrE also 'sju:-/ noun [U] used water and
waste substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from
houses and factories through special pipes (=_sewers)
.If 水道的）污水，
■污物：a ban on the dumping of
raw sewage that has not been
treated with chemicals) at sea 禁止把未经处理
的污水排入海中◊ sewage dis/Kwa!污水处
sewage
farm noun
{Br£) = sewage works sewage plant (also sewage 'treatment
plant) noun
{especially NAmE) = sewage works sewage works (also sewage treatment
works, sewage dis'posal works) noun [C+sing./pl. v] {BrE) a place where
chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into
rivers, etc. or used to make manure污本处理厂
sewer /'su:a(r).; BrE also 'sju:-/ noun an underground pipe
that is used to carry sewage away from houses, factories，etcj§7j<^;T7fcii;W^,:
sew-er-age
/'su：8rid3； BrE also 'sju:-/ noun [U] the system by
which sewage is carried away from houses, factories, etc. and is cleaned and
made safe by adding chemicals to it排水系统；污水处理
sewfcr
grate noun (L/S) = drain n.[2)
sewing缝纫
reel of cottori (fir£) spool of thread [NAmB] I线卷
needle 针
eye针眼
Sew-ing tHf /'S0UI〇; NAmE'sou-l noun [U]
[1] the
activity of making, repairing or decorating things made of cloth using a needle
and thread 缝纽：knitting
1827 sex maniac
and sewing 2 something that is being sewn
缝制中的衣物：apiie 〇/sewing—堆针线活儿
'sewing
machine noun a machine that is used
for sewing things that are made of cloth 缝纽机一picture
◊
SEWING
sewn pp of sew
Sex
Oti* 1 /seks/ noun, verb
■
/ioww 1 [U, C] the state of
being male or female 性另ij;;性
cnTl gender： ffow can you teZZ
w/zat sex a/ish is?你怎 样辨别一条鱼的雌雄？ process that aHows cmipies to
c/zoose the sejf 〇/their baby使夫妇能选择婴儿性别的措施
◊
PZease I'ndicate your sex and date 〇/ birth beZovv.请在
下面写明你的性知j和出生日期。◊ sex tiiscrimfnation (=» the act of treating men and women differently in
an unfair way)性别歧视 2 [C] either of the two groups that
people, animals and plants are divided into according to tiieir function of
producing young 男性；女性；雄
性；雌性：a member 〇/ the opposite sex 另一士别的人.◊ sfngie-sex schook 单一性别学校一see also fair sex 3 [U] physical activity between two people in which they
touch each others sexual organs, and which may include SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 性行为；性欠；性活动：
It is illegal to have sex with a person under the age
of 16. 和16岁以下的未成年人发生性行为是违&的。◊界zy sex 同性恋性行芦,◊ t/ie sex act性行内.◊ a sex attack性侵犯
0 a sex shop (= one selling
magazines, objects, etc. that are connected with sex)性用品商’唐◊ sex education in
schook 学校里的性教育◊ TTiese drugs may
a」〇Pect your sex drive (= your interest in sex
and the ability to have it)•这聋药物可能影响你的性欲。一see also safe sex, sexual
intercourse 4 -sexed (in adjectives 构琢形’容 词）having the amount of sexual activity or desire
mentioned性行为…的；性欲…的.：a higWy-seyed
woman性欲旺^的女人
■
verb [VN] {technical to examine an animal
in order
to find out whether it
is male or female 辨甲、…的性别
u:i：mVj
,sex sb-^'up {informaf) to make sb feel
sexually excited引起某人的性欲；与弓】；挑逗,sex
sth^1 up {informal) to make sth seem more
exciting and inter- esting提高某事物的魅力；使更吸引人：Thepro/ession is trying to sex up its 这个行业正在造法使自身琅象
更加吸引人。
sexa-gen-ar-ian /.seksadsa'nearian; NAmE -'ner-/ naun a person between 60
and
69
years
old * 60 到 69 岁的
人;.六士几岁的人
'sex appeal noun [U] the quality of
being attractive in a sexual way 性魅力；性感：He exudes sex appeal.他浑
身洋溢着性魅力。
'sex
change noun [usually sing.} a
medical operation in which parts of a person’s body are changed so that they
become like a person of the opposite sex 变性手术 ■sex
chromosome (b/o/ogy
生)ra chromosome that decides the sex of an animal or a plant 性染色体 see also X chromosome, Y chromosome sex-ism /'seksizem/ noun [U] the unfair treatment of
people, especially women, because of their sex; the attitude that causes this r尤指对女性的）性别歧视，性
另1j 偏见：legislation designed
to combat sexism in the work piace旨在抵制工作场所的性别歧视的法规◊ fl study 〇/sexism
in 〖tmguage对语言中存在的性别歧视的研究
sex-iit
/'seksist/
noun
(disapproving) a person who treats other people, especially women,
unfairly because of their sex or who makes offensive remarks about them 性别歧视者► sex.ist : a sexist attitude性别歧视的态
度◊
sexist 〖an^ua^e有性别歧视的语言
sex-less
/'sekslas/
adj. 1 that is neither male nor
female, or does not seem to be either male or female 无性 (别）的：a sexiess_/iigure无性别特征的体形2 in whicli there’is no
sexual desire or activity 性冷淡的;无性行
为的
■sex
life.now/?
a person’s sexual activities ‘性生■活：ways to improve your sex h/e改善性生活的办法
'sex
maniac noun a person who wants to
have sex more often than is normal and who thinks about it all the time性欲狂者