to show that they do not
like a performance or speech, or do not like waiting (观众表示不满或不愿等待的）缓
慢拍手
'slow lane noun [sing.] the part of a
major road such as a motorway or interstate where vehicles drive slowest
慢车道 ITSrai in the 'slow lane not making progress as
fast as other people, countries, companies, etc.在慢车 道上；被甩在、后面；落后： slowly 〇tw /'slauli;
NAmE'slodli/ adv. at a slow speedf not
quickly慢速地；缓慢地；迟缓地： to move sZow汐慢慢移动◊ Kease couZd
you speafc more dowfy?请您说慢一点好不好？ ◊
rhe boat chugged sZow〜 along, ^ ^ M mi 〇 〇 He found that life
moved sZovWy
in the countryside.裇发现乡村的生活节奏慢。◊ DorCt rush
into a decision. Take it slowly.
定。慢慢来。◊ SZoiWy things
began to improve.慢慢 地，情况开始好转了。〇 note at slow ITiTTl .slowly but ’surely making slow but definite progress 缓慢但扎实 地；虽慢但一准：Weli get there s丨ovWy but 我们
虽慢，但一准能赶到那儿。
■ slow
’motion now/?
[U].:(in a
film/movie or on television 电影或 电视） the
method of showing action at a much slower speed than it. happened
in real life 慢动
作：Some scenes were fn stow motion•几组镜头
被拍成了慢动作。◊ a siovv-motion re]?Zay慢动作i放 slow-poke /'sleupauk; NAmE 'sloupouk/ noun {NAmE, informal) =
slowcoach
'slow-witted
adj. not able to think
quickly; slow to learn or understand things脑子反应慢的；脑迟钝的
r*T!J3
QUICK-WITTED
_s_ow-wonir/7〇t//i a small European reptile with no legs,
like a snake慢缺肢蜥，盲蛇蜥（无腿爬行动物，生
活在欧洲>
SLR
/,es
el 'q:(r)/ abbr. single-lens reflex (=
used to describe a camera in which there is only one lens which both forms the image on the film and provides the
image in the viewfinder)(照相执）:单镜头反为式
stub /slAb/ noun a
lump or thick place in wool or thread (毛线或线的）粗节，糙粒► slubbed /slAbd/ a办
sludge /slAd3/ noun [U] 1 thick, soft, wet mud or a substance that
looks like it烂泥；淤泥；烂泥状沉积物
slime： There was some
sludge at the bottom of the ta/ifc.油箱底有油泥。2 industrial or human waste that has been
treated工业游渣；工业矿泥；生活污物：
industrial
sludge 0 the use of sewage
sludge as a
/erriZizer
on/arm kmd铯下水道污泥角作农田肥料的做法
slug /sLvg/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 a
small soft creature, like a snail
without a shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants 缓步虫；赔蝓一picture.' o page
R29 2 (/’n/owifl/) a small amount of a strong
alcoholic drink 少量，一小
杯（烈性酒）：He too/c another sZug
o/w(iis/cy•他又瞧
了一成威士异、。3 [informal, especially
coin used to get things
from machines, etc., sometimes illegally硬币形金属片，假硬币（有时用以从自动售货机
中骗取东西）
mverb (-gg-) [VN] 1 {informal) to hit sb hard,
especially with your closed hand 用力打；狠揍 2 (in baseball 年秦 亨）to hit the ball hard (球）ITSTJ1 .slug
it''out to
fight or compete until it is clear who has won 决出胜
负；+决雌雄
slug-gard /'slAgad; NAmE -gard/ noun {formal) a slow, lazy person 懒惰的人；懒散的人► slug.gard.lyoc/y: slug-gish /'slAgi^/ adj. moving, reacting or working more slowly
than normal and in a way that seems lazy 缓慢的；迟缓的；懒洋洋的：s/uggi5htraj5f?c缓缓移动的 车流◊ a sluggish
economy 经济停滞◊ the Wacfc
waters 0/the
cana〖运河里缓慢流动的黑乎乎的河水◊ He /eZt very
heavy and sZuggish a/ter the meaZ•饭后他感觉
身子很沉，'禾想动。► slug.gish•丨y flt/v. slug.glsh.ness
noun [U]
sluice /slu:s/ noun, verb
Mnoun (also 'sluice gate) a sliding gate or
other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc.水闸；闸门i
_
verft 1 [VN] ~ sth (down/out) I 〜sth (with sth) to wash sth with a stream
of water 冲洗：The ship9s
crew was sZufci'ng
down the decfc.船员们正在冲洗甲板。2 [V +adv./prep.] (of water 7|c)
to flow somewhere in large quantities (大量地）流，泻 slum /slAm/ noun, verb
m noun an area of a city that is very poor and
where the houses are dirty and in bad condition 贫民窟；棚屋区：
a
sZum area 贫民区◊ cify/urbtm slums 城市贫民窟◊ She was
brought up in the 〇/Leeds.她是在利兹的
贫民区长大的。
mverb (-mm-) [V] (usually
be
slumming) {informal) to spend time in places or conditions that
are much worse than those you are .used to (短期）1去贫穷地方，过简
朴生活：There are plenty of ways you can cut costs
on your trip without slumming.在旅行中:，有许多办法既可
以减少开销又不至于显得寒酸。M slum it to accept conditions that are worse than
those you are used to 将就着过简本卜生活；过穷.日子：Severed businessmen
had to 化in economy cZass.几个商人只好将就着坐辛经
济舱里。
slum-ber/'slAmba(r)/ noun, verb
■
noun [U, C, usually pi.] {literary) sleep; a time when sb is asleep 睡目民：She fell into a deep
and peaceful slumber.
她睡着了，睡得又沉又香。
■
verfc [V] (//ferary) to sleep 睡；睡眠 o note at sleep
'slumber
party now/7
{NAmB) = sleepover slum-lord /'slAmb:d; NAmE -bird/ noun {NAmE, informal)
a person who owns
houses or flats/apartments in a poor area and who charges very high rent for
ihem even though they are in bad condition (收取高额租金 的）贫民窟房东
slump
/slAmp/
verb, noun
■
verfc [V] 1 〜（by sth) I 〜（from sth) (to sth) to fall in price,
value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount (价格、价值、数量等）骤降，猛跌，锐减SEI drop： Sa〖es.have slumped this
year•今年销售量锐减。
◊
Prq/iits siumped by over 50%.利润突降 5^% 以上。◊ The paper’s
circuZarion has sZumped to 90 000.此报纸的 发行量骤减至 9 万份。2 [+fli/v./prep.]
to sit or fall down heavily 重重地坐斥（或 _下_ > : The old man slumped down in his chair.老先生一屁股跌坐到椅子上。0 She sZumped to her fcnees.她扑通一声跪倒在地。
■
1 〜（in sth) a sudden fall in sales，prices, the value of sth，etc.(销售量、价格、价值等的）骤降，猛跌，锐
减 H771 decline ： a s/ump in pro/its 利润锐减 2 a period when a countr^s economy or a business is
doing very badly 萧条期；衰退：the s〖ump 〇/ the J 930s * 20 世纪 30 年代的关萧焱◊ I7ie toy
industry is in a dump.玩具业现在不景气。，•—compare boom n.[l)
slumped /slAmpt/ adj. [not usually before noun] -(against/over sth) sitting with your body
leaning forward, for example because you are asleep or uncon- scious (因睡着或昏迷等）弯着身子坐，伏：r/re driver was
slumped ex/umsted over the whed.司机伏在方向盘
止V疲惫得睡着了。
slung pt, pp of SLING slunk pf, pp of SLINK slur /sl3：(r)/ verb, noun
m verb (-rr-) 1 to pronounce words
in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because
you are drunk or tired含混不清地说洁（通常因醉酒或 疲劳）：[VN] She had drunfc too much ■ and her speech
was s〖u/red. iife喝得太多了，话都说不利索了。[also V speech] 2 [VN] (music #) to play or sing a group of two or more musical
notes so that each one runs smoothly into the next 连奏；连唱 3
[VN] to'harm sb’s reputation by making unfair or false statements about them
诽 谤；诋毁；污辱
a nown 1 〜(on sb/sth) an unfair
remark about sb/sth that may damage other people’s opinion 'of them 诽镑；低
毁；，污辱.insult： She had dared to cast
a slur on his character.她竟敢对他的人品加以诋毁。◊ (espec/_c?//y
2 (music #) a curved sign used to show that two or more notes
are to be played smoothly and without a break连奏线；连唱线