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ship-shape /‘JipJeip/ adj. [not usually before noun] clean and neat; in good condition and ready to use ; #

,ship-to-‘shore adj. [only before noun] providing commu­nication between people on a ship and people on land ( JtiliR )       a ship-to-shore radio

ship-wreck /'Jiprek/ noun, verb

■ noun 1 [U, C] the loss or destruction of a ship at sea because of a storm or because it hits rocks, etc.

♦ ;    They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm

in the North Sea.

2 [C] a ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea IS; fji #& : The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state,

m verb [VN] be shipwrecked to be left somewhere after the ship that you have been sailing in has been lost or destroyed at sea j® i§ $=; IIS H A ♦ ► ship-wrecked adj.: a shipwrecked sailor

ship-yard /'.fipjaid; NAmE -ja:rd/ noun a place where ships are built or repaired ; jUftRA; IMBAA ship­yard workers

shire /'Jai8(r); or, in compounds, -J'a(r)/ noun (BrE) 1 [C] (old use) a county (now used in the names of some counties in Britain, for example Hampshire, Yorkshire)

( 3ft lEffl A 0i rP HP £ , itt Hampshire, Yorkshire ) 2 the Shires (also the Shire Counties) [pi ] counties in central England that are in country areas X X: A nP

itfP

‘shire horse noun a large powerful horse used for pulling loads ArPA^^,; X-&S,

shirk /J3:k; NAmE J3:rk/ verb ~ (from) (sth/doing sth) to avoid doing sth you should do, especially because you are too lazy imS (       ) ; iijM: [V] Discipline in the

company was strict and no one shirked. & ^]      (ft

W, A#$t o O A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry. — 7 A it Sc T 7 lftf3M^Aflffi£llfWAo 0 [VN] She never shirked her responsibilities. M /A 7 B S § S fft 3R X 0 [also V -ing] ► shirk er noun

Shirt 0-w/J3:t; NAmE J3irt/ noun a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a collar and buttons down the front (     ) Hfe: to wear a shirt and tie WHfc,

0 a short-sleeved shirt   <> a football shirt

—picture o page R22 —see also nightshirt,

POLO SHIRT, STUFFED SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT, T-SHIRT

IT*T7n keep your ‘shirt on (informal) used to tell sb not to get angry £1] A A; t# & #: Keep your shirt on! It was only a joke. MXH !       B e put your

‘shirt on sb/sth (BrE, informal) to bet all your money on sb/sth    ± the .shirt off sb’s ‘back

anything that sb has, including the things they really need themselves, that sb else takes from them or they are willing to give ( £i]A$:^gJii£^#J )

‘shirt front noun the front part of a shirt, especially the stiff front part of a formal white shirt tttf® ( Ate

JEMttmWrnm )

shirt-sleeve /‘J3:tsli:v; NAmE ‘J3:rt-/ noun [usually pi.] a sleeve of a shirt     IHT^l in (your) ‘shirtsleeves

wearing a shirt without a jacket, etc. on top of it H $

( AlFthA )

‘shirt tail noun the part of a shirt that is below the waist and is usually inside your trousers/pants

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shirty /‘J3:ti; NAmE ‘J3:rti/ adj. ~ (with sb) (BrE, informal) angry or annoyed with sb about sth, and acting in a rude way

shish kebab /‘JiJ kibaeb/ noun (especially NAmE)

= KEBAB

shit IS it/ exclamation, noun, verb, adj.

m exclamation (taboo, slang) a swear word that many people find offensive, used to show that you are angry or annoyed ( A /K A tw ) : Shit! I’ve lost my

keys! jtk ^ (ft! IS $1 ££ A 7 !   Less offensive

exclamations to use are blast, darn it (especially NAmE), damn or (BrE) bother. HfEfiJEgtfc; shit ffl^lftTf blast, dam it ( AtHA ifcUXii ) , damn & ( XSXig ) bother0

mnoun (taboo, slang) 1 [U] solid waste matter from the bowels Jije; SE] excrement : a pile of dog shit

on the path /M&±£ft^i|£$jM Kidim A more polite way to express this example would be ‘a pile of dog dirt’. $£ X M- i# A a pile of dog dirt 0  2 [sing.] an act of

emptying solid waste matter from the bowels  to

have a shit  3 [U] stupid remarks or writing;

nonsense ^hh; $Jls: You’re talking shit! jffrfE

<> She’s so full of shit.  — see also

bullshit 4 [C] (disapproving) an unpleasant person who treats other people badly hjHPA; tfiXMik: He’s an arrogant little shit, ft i AM M W X SP /h A P 5 [U] criticism or unfair treatment       I’m not going

to take any shit from them. hj A X: fife Cl 65 A « fTTTTn beat, kick, etc. the shit out of sb to attack sb violently so that you injure them

in the ‘shit | in .deep ‘shit in trouble I’ll be in the shit if I don’t get this work finished today. H mmmio like shit really bad, ill/sick etc.; really badly IfiS;       I woke

up feeling like shit. $ H A # # T 0 HR „ 0 We get

treated like shit in this job. f$C]      J1X7:11 A7(ft o

no ‘shit! (often ironic) used to show that you are surprised, impressed, etc. or that you are pretending to be (       iSF^ ) not give a ‘shit (about sb/

sth) to not care at all about sb/sth —

‘b: He doesn’t give a shit about anybody else.      A life if

f&AJ&lt'lX-fco shit ‘happens used to express the idea that we must accept that bad things often happen without reason  IT ♦ M % £ X £ when

the .shit hits the ‘fan when sb in authority finds out about sth bad or wrong that sb has done     ( EH

la# ) IfcXiJS: When the shit hits the fan, I don’t want to be here. * 1# - _0 J& it, $   ft &iAJL T .

— more at crock, scare v.

m verb (shit-ting, shit, shit) (taboo, slang) lii^id Shat /Jaet/ and, in BrE, shit-ted are also used for the past tense and past participle.       shat,

T# IS shitted 0 1 [V, VN] to empty solid waste matter

from the bowels ^ HNIJ A more polite way of expressing this is ‘to go to the toilet/lavatory5 (BrE), ‘to go to the bathroom’ (NAmE) or ‘to go’. A more formal expression is ‘to empty the bowels’. to

go to the toilet/lavatory ( ^ HI ^ ifT) , to go to the bath­room (       to go0      to empty the

bowels0 2 [VN] ~ yourself to empty solid waste matter from the bowels by accident       3 [VN] ~ your­

self to be very frightened

» adj. (taboo, slang, especially BrE) very bad # # ft H : You’re shit and you know you are! # $J M /F      il

nE , M 7 Ji ! 0 They’re a shit team, life f|j JP A PA X

shi-take noun = shiitake

shite /Jait/ exclamation, noun [U] (BrE, taboo, slang) another word for shit ( shit

‘shit-faced adj. (taboo, slang) very drunk nil j# I** & =& S

Itt;

shit-hole /‘Jithoul; NAmE -houl/ noun (taboo, slang) a very dirty or unpleasant place MXSiLJIRWiffeA; ^AK

‘shit-hot adj. (taboo, slang) extremely good at sth lift);    a shit-hot lawyer ^^'0^

shit-house /‘Jithaus/ noun (taboo, slang) a toilet/ bathroom M^f; A A fa]

shit-less /‘Xitlas/ adj. (taboo, slang) ITTTTn see scare v.

,shit-'scared adj. [not before noun] (taboo, slang) very frightened UFMi;

'shit stirrer noun (BrE, taboo, slang) a person who tries to make situations in which people disagree even worse   A;    ‘shit stirring

noun [U]

shitty /'Jiti/ adj. (taboo, slang) 1 unpleasant; very bad A 2 unfair or unkindA