This path leads to the summit. & ^ j& i§ ill M
o 0 (figurative)
the summit of his career life ipf ik 1$ M ilif 2 an official
meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments at
which they discuss important matters { iff |u] #3 ) HM® A iX; ikf £: a summit in
a summit conference iltf A
sum mon /'SAman/ verb 1 (formal) to order sb to appear
in court ) H33summons: [VN to
inf] He was summoned to
appear before the magistrates. life M ft * m A & (±S U o [also VN] 2 ~ sb (to sth)
(formal) to order sb to come to
you i&: [VN]
In May 1688 he was urgently summoned to
A
M MAo [also VN
to
inf] 3 [VN]
(formal) to arrange an official meeting H, S JF ( A ) Enn convene
: to
summon a meeting £[ H A iX 4 [VN] (formal) to call for or try to
obtain sth of A; i|j A; #• IX.: to summon
assistance/help/reinforcements it A 5 [VN] ~ sth (up) to make an
effort to produce a particular quality in yourself, especially when you find it
difficult f£ U fp ; {<£ ft HTO muster
: She
was trying to summon up the courage to leave him. JIH^TFftko 0 I couldn’t even
summon the energy to
get out of bed. ^ jg T Eft A H fP ^ o .summon sth«-'up to make a
feeling, an idea, a memory,
etc. come into your mind ^ ; fj£ ,1® ® HTfl evoke
: The
book summoned up
memories of my childhood.
sum-mons/'sAmanz/ noun, verb
mnoun (pi. sum-monses /-ziz/) 1 (NAmE also cit ation) an order to appear in
court ( /£ ftM;. to
issue a summons against sb Ift^AAih'Ff* 0 The police have been
unable to serve a summons on him.
appear in court the
following week, ftk i]& f !l —* ft M > it ItfeTMl £b Mo 2
an order to come and see sb F? $£; ^ JjLA: to obey a royal
summons
n/f Ik [ill Eft F?
■
verb ~ sb (for sth) to order
sb to appear in court ft ' ( K A I Jg ; it 1$. H771
SUMMON : [VN] She was
summonsed for speeding. ® M i§ if A ® ft iil o o [VN to inf] He was summonsed to appear in court, ffe ft $£ tblfiL
sumo /'surmau; NAmE -moo/ (also .sumo 'wrestling) noun [U] a Japanese style of
wrestling, in which the people
taking part are extremely large fg f F : a sumo wrestler fgfFjeSfrM
sump /sAmp/ noun 1 a hole or hollow area in
which liquid waste collects 2 (NAmE also 'oil
pan) the place under an
engine that holds the engine oil (
sump tu ous /'SAmptJuas/ adj. (formal) very expensive and
looking very impressive A If Eft; ItEft; Eft: a sumptuous meal ||
o We dined
in sumptuous surroundings. ► sumptu
ously adv. sump-tu-ous ness/iou/?
[U]
.sum 'total noun [sing.] (sometimes
disapproving) the whole of sth;
everything ASP; — ty; A
photo, a
book of poems and a gold
ring—this was the sum total of his possessions. —SfcjRUf, —— &
sun o-w/SAn/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 the sun, the Sun [sing.] the star that
shines in the sky during the day and gives the earth heat and light A PH; R : the sun’s rays A PH o the rising/
setting sun fj]f FEft / ® T Eft A PH 0 The sun was shining and birds were
singing.
PH A MU, 4 ■$<, o The sun
was just setting. A PH ll'J ft T M \ 2 (usually the sun) [sing., U] the light and
heat from the sun A PH Eft Jfe ffl PHJfc; R BEE] sunshine :
the
warmth of the afternoon sun F A M Bf R'J PH A 0 This room gets the
sun in the mornings, ik |b] M A ± A FT HI Hi fli
A PH „ 0 We sat in the sun. Cl A ft PH JtTo o The sun was blazing hot.
PHJtf^^ilAo
o Too
much sun ages the skin. HI A PR M ^ ^ ^ $L Jl£ M ^ o 0 We did our best to keep
out of the sun. IfcfRPHJtMlfo o They’ve booked a holiday in
the sun (= in a place where it is warm and the sun
shines a lot). fMie^MiWT APB itfE£lft«iAJSfl£o
0
Her face had obviously caught the sun (= become red
or brown) on
holiday. 0
1
was driving westwards and I had the sun in
my eyes
(= the sun was shining
in my eyes). l9ff ^,
PHJfclEiyilo
—see also sunny(I) 3 [C] (technical Ain) any star around
which planets move till ITSTTil under the 'sun used to emphasize
that you are talking about a very large number of things ( A ) A
T, : We talked about
everything under
the sun. f^fHA^rAi&o w«th the 'sun when
the sun rises or sets 0
tb W; 0 I get up with the
sun. 0
tfj gpfeo — more at hay, place n.
■
verb (-nn-) [VN] ~ yourself to sit or
lie in a place where the sun is shining on you Hi A PH : We lay sunning
ourselves on the deck. flcfniI^^®±Hl APHo 'sun-baked adj. 1 made hard and dry by
the heat of the sun BlfiASJl&J: sun-baked earth MAPH^ A
2
receiving a lot of light and heat from the
sun A PH H HI W; £<10'T#J: sun-baked beaches A PH H HI
sun-bathe /'sAnbeid/
verb [V] to sit or lie in
the sun, especially in order to go brown (get a suntan) 0 ft T4; HI A PH o note at
sun-beam /'sAnbiim/
noun a stream of light from
the
sun ( - da ) PH A:
sun-bed /'sAnbed/
noun 1 a bed for lying on
under a SUNLAMP
APHff 03t?§J^ 2 = SUNLOUNGER the Sun-belt /'sAnbelt/ noun [sing.] the southern
and south-western parts of the
)
sun-block
/‘sAnblnk;
NAmE
-blaik/ noun [U, C] a cream that you put on
your skin to protect it completely from the harmful effects of the sun PF'Blffi;
PXjBI?& sun-burn /'sAnb3:n; NAmE -b3:rn/ noun [u] the condition of
having painful red skin because you have spent too much time in the sun HIKE;
Bl$j — compare suntan sun-burned /'sAnb3:nd; NAmE -b3:rnd/ (also sun-burnt /'SAnb3int; NAmE -b3irnt/) adj. 1 suffering from
sunburn Hi
%
(Hj : Her
shoulders were badly sunburned, ftfe ^
;
S:HIifj T o 2 (BrE) (of a person or of
skin A^ci^lk) having an attractive brown colour from being in the sun HI % M H M 4F # tanned : She looked fit
and sunburned. BIf#—
sun-burst
/'sAnb3ist;
NAmE -b3irst/ noun an occasion when the
sun appears from behind the clouds and sends out bright streams of light A JF 0
tb; PHit%M sun-cream /'sAnkriim/ noun [U, C] cream that you put on
your skin to protect it from the harmful effects of the sun PfrBlft; PFUf L
sun
dae /’sAndei;
-di/ noun a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) of ice cream
covered with a sweet sauce, nuts, pieces of fruit, etc., usually served in a tall
glass IE ft A
mm (»*+, miA A#*#)
Sun-day
/'SAndei;
-di/ noun (abbr. Sun.)
1
[C, U] the
day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, thought of as either the
first or the last day of the week il$] 0 ; To see how Sunday is
used, look at the
examples at Monday. * Sunday ^ ^ JSL iff gfc Monday T W A
K'J „ From the Old
English
for ‘day of the sun’, translated from Latin dies solis. W, £ AUtg-, MM PH day
of the sun ( A PH 0 ) > A M T £ dies solis* 2 [C, usually pi.] (BrE,
informal) a newspaper published
on a Sunday 0 it! SK % M 0 iraai your .Sunday 'best
(informal, humorous) your best clothes £
£- fi if Fj A ix — more at month
.Sunday
'punch noun
(informal, especially US) an especially hard blow or attack
flqpFj--# ( )
'Sunday
school noun [C, u] a class that is
organized by a church or synagogue where
children can go for a short time on Sundays to learn about the Christian or
Jewish religion ± 0 Atfc££M83 0
_ AJ Lli^tff)
'sun deck noun the part of a ship where passengers can
sit to enjoy the sun, or a similar area beside a