careless way (在
上）胡乱涂抹，随意涂抹：JustsZap spmeiKimt on.
the walk and 在壤土 随便届ij
点漆，就看着漂亮了。◊ Jd better
siap some mafce-up on be/ore Jgo out. #戈虫门以前最好是简单化化妆。
» noun 1 [C] the action of
hitting sb/sth with the flat part of your hand (用手掌 >
打，拍，掴：She gave him a sZap
across t/ie/ace她打:了他一个耳光。◊ He gave me a
hearty sfap on the back.丨也热情地诖我背上拍了一下0 2 [sing] the noise made by
hitting sb/sth with the flat part of your hand; a similar noise made by sth
else 拍 打声；美似拍打的声音：the gentie s〖ap 〇/ water
against the shore 7_jc轻轻的拍$声 3
[U] (8r£，//i/orma/) = make- up(1) ITiTOl slap and 'tickle (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) enthusiastic kissing
and cuddling between lovers 情 人之间的）拥抱亲吻 a slap in the 'face an actionthat seems to
be intended as a deliberate insult to sb 记 耳光；侮辱；打击 a slap on the wrist (/n/ormo/) a warning
or mild punishment 警告；轻微的惩罚 madv. (also ,slap bang) (informal) 1 straight, and with great force 猛然；径直：Storming out of her
room, she went
s丨ap into iufce.她怒气冲冲地冲出房间，迎面和卢克
撞了个满怀。2 exactly
恰好；..正好：Their apartment is sZap bang in the
middie 〇/town也们住的公寓恰巧在全
城的中心。
slap-dash /'slaepdaej/ adj.
done, or doing sth, too quickly and carelessly仓马虎的；毛躁的；潦草的： She has a very slapdash approach to
keeping accounts. M 记账十分潦草马虎。〇a skipdasft piece 〇/writi/ig 篇粗
制滥造的文章
slap-1 happy adj. (informaf) 1 cheerful, but
careless about things that should be taken seriously 嘻嘻哈哈
的；什么都不放在心上的；大大咧咧的：
approach
to h/e 大大咧咧的生活态度 2 (espec/fl//y
=PUNCH-DRUNK
slap-head /'slaephed/ noun
(BrE, informal) an unkind way of referring to a man with little or no hair
on his head稀发佬；秃子
slap-per /'slaepe^)/ noun
(BrE, slang) an offensive word for a woman, used to suggest that she has a
lot of sexual partners 荡妇；淫妇
slap-stick
/'slaspstik/
noun [U] the type of humour that is based on simple actions, for example
people hitting each other, falling down, etc打闹剧；粗舍滑稽剧
slap-up
adj. [only before noun] {BrE,
informal) (of a meal 饭菜)large and very good丰盛高档的
slash
/slaej/
verb, noun
verb [VN] 1 to make a long
cut with a sharp object, especially in a violent way (用利器）砍，劈 HT1
slit ： Someone had
slashed the tyres on my car. ^ A 把我的汽车轮胎割破了。◊ She tried to fciH /xersei/ by dashing her wrists, 鹵割腕自杀。◊ We had to skish our way through the undergrowth with
sticks.
着木棍一路劈砍，才在密林里开出一条路，穿了过去。
2 [often passive] (often used in newspapers 常用于报章）to reduce sth by a
large amount大幅度削减；夫大_彳去： to stash
costs/prices/fares, etc.大幅度降低成本、价
格、车费等◊ The worfc/orce
has been dashed by ZiaZ/知、 工人知義减了一半。〇 note at cut id丨:kVj slash at sb/sth (with sth) to attack sb violently
with a knife, etc. (用刀等）猛砍，砍击
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noun 1 [C]
a sharp movement made witii a knife, etc. in order to cut sb/sdi ...(用刀等）砍，劈 2 [C] a long
narrowwoundorcut (去而窄的）饴口，切口，砍痕： a sZash across his right cheek 他右政上的一道刀伤◊ (figurative)
Her mouth was a slash of red lipstick.她的嘴 就是 口红抹出的一道缝。3 [C] (8/£ also obJique) the symbol (/) used to
show alternatives, as in /wnc/? fl/id/or dinner and 4/5 people
and to write fractions, as in 3A
斜杠；斜线号一see also backslash,
forward slash 4 a slash [sing.] s/ang) an act
of urinating 撒尿： nipped out to have a
skzsh他刚才急急忙[t命出 去撒尿了。
slash-and-'burn
adj.
1 relating to a method
of farming in which existing plants, crops, etc. are cut down and burned before
new seeds are planted 刀耕火 种的；烧垦的：s〖〇5/i-and-bum agriculture刀耕火种农业
2
aggressive and causing a lot of harm or damage 好斗- 的；残忍的
I 1885 Slav
slash-er /'slaeja(r)/ (also slasher film, slasher movie) noun a
frightening film/movie, in which an unknown person kills a lot of people 杀人狂电影
slat /slaet/ noun one
of a series of thin flat pieces of wood, metal or plastic, used in furniture,
fences, etc. (家具、栅栏等上的）板条，窄条，横档一pictures
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slate /sleit/ noun, verb
級 now/? 1 [U] a type of
dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers 板岩；右板：a stoe quar/y 板岩采 石场◊ 77ie sea was the cobur o/sZate.大％的知色像石
板。2 [C] a small thin piece
of slate，used for covering
roofs .(盖房顶的）石板瓦：A Zoose s〖ate had/aHen/rom t/ie
roo/. 块松动的石板瓦从房顶上掉了下来。
picture
e> page R24 3 [C] {NAmt) a
list of the candidates in an election (选举^的）候选人名单：a skite 0/candidates 候选人名单◊ the Democratic
sZate 民 主党候选人名单 4 [C] a small sheet of
slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on (旧时学生用以写字的）石板ESI see clean adj., WIPE V.
verb 1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sth) (8r£) to criticize
sb/sth, especially in a newspaper (尤指古.报纸上）批评，抨
击：to slate a book/pZay/writer 批评--部书 / 一出戏 / 一 位作家 2 〜sth (for sthj [usually passive] to
plan that sth will happen at a particular time in the future 预'.定； 计划；安排：[VN] 77ie houses were
_/?rst s〖ated /or demolition
five years ago.
拆除了。[VN to inf] TTie new store is
sZated to open.in spring新商店预计春天开业。3 [usually
passive卜sb (for sth) (informal,
especially NAm^) to suggest or choose sb for a job,
position, etc.推举；选定：[VN] J was toW that .I
was being siated/or promotion.我听说，我被定为提升
.的人选。◊ [VN to inf] He is sZated to pZay the Zead in the
new musical他获选i新的音乐剧中担任i角。 slated /'sleitid/ adj. covered with pieces of
slate MS 板瓦的：a siated roo/石板瓦房顶 ,slate-_grey 〇〇[/_ bluish-grey in
colour, like slate 石板灰 的；蓝灰色的
slather /'slae6a(r)/ verb slather sth on sth |
slather with/in sth | .slather sth<-*'on to cover sth with a
thick layer of a substance (在
上）厚厚涂抹： hot dogs sZathered
iWt/i mustard 抹了厚厚一层扣未命热狗
slat-ted /'slaetid/ adj. [usually
before noun] made of slats (=thin pieces of wood)用板条做的：skitted biinds 百 叶窗
slat-tern /'slaetan; NAmE
-tarn/ noun {old-fashioned) a dirty untidy woman 邋遢的女人► slat.tem.丨y (7办：a sZattem/ygir〖邋里邋遢的女孩子 slaty (also slatey) /'sleiti/ adj. 1 having a dark grey colour深灰色的；石板爸的：a sZafy sky灰暗的天圣
2
containing slate; like slate 含板岩的；石板似的： sZafy rocfc 板岩
slaugh-ter /'slo:ta(r)/ noun,
verb m
noun [U] 1 the killing of
animals for their meat M $ ； 宰杀：cows tafcen /or
stoughter 待宰奶牛 2
the cruel killing of large numbers of people at one time, espe- cially in a war
(尤指战争中於）屠杀，杀戮033 massacre ： the
wholesale slaughter of innocent people 对无辜民众的大规模杀戮see lamb n.
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verft [VN] 1 to kill an animal, usually for its
meat 屠宰； 宰杀 Pnn
butcher 2 to kill a large number of people or
animals violently 屠杀；杀戮 H771
massacre- Men, women and
children were slaughtered and villages destroyed村庄被毁，男人、女人和儿童惨遭杀戮。
3
(informal) to defeat sb/sth by a
large number of points in a sports game, competition, etc.(在体育比赛 等竞赛中）大比分击败，使惨败：We were slaughtered
JO-J by the home team.我们以1:10惨败给主队。
slaugh-ter-house /'sloitahaus; NAmE -terh-/ noun
{BrE also ab-at-toir) a building where
animals are killed for food屠宰场
Slav /sla:v/
noun a
member of any of the races of people of central and eastern Europe who speak
Slavic languages斯拉夫人