restaurant or swimming pool ( lift ft ) 0 it ¥ Wl ;
(ynxfr&r ffln
sunder /'SAnda(r)/ verb [VN] ~ sth/sb (from sth/sb) (formal or literary) to split or break
sth/sb apart, especially by force ( WSfr—see
also ASUNDER
sundial 0#
sun-dial /'sAndaial/ noun a device used
outdoors, especially in the past, for telling the time when the sun is
shining. A pointed piece of metal throws a shadow on a flat surface that is
marked with the hours like a clock, and the shadow moves around as the sun
moves across the sky. 0 #
sun-down /'sAndaun/ noun [u] (especially NAmE) the time when the sun
goes down and night begins 0 Bt cm SUNSET
sun-down-er /'sAndauna(r)/ noun (BrE, informal) an alcoholic drink,
drunk around the time when the sun goes down (
APBSTW11® )
'sun-drenched adj. [only before noun] (approving)
having a lot of hot sun PB Ailft; PB A Aiift: sun-drenched
m, >
'sun-dried adj. [only before noun] (especially of food
Ate ^ %) dried naturally by the heat of the sun Bg f ft: sun-dried tomatoes BgAftBRlF'P sun-dries /'SAndriz/ noun [pi ] various items,
especially small ones, that are not important enough to be named separately ^qn
sun-dry /'SAndri/ adj. [only before noun] (formal) various; not
important enough to be named separately ^JjSft: a watch, a diary and sundry
other items —# 0 iS fH M: ffe — ^ ^ 6$ ft A H Ml all and 'sundry (informal) everyone, not just a
few special people J*ff /f A; # A ^ : She was known to all
and sundry as Bella. A A IP o
<> The club is open to all
and
sundry. oAff A AlP'TOjJPA0
sun-flower /'sAnflau9(r)/ noun a very tall plant
with large yellow flowers, grown in gardens or for its seeds and their oil that
are used in cooking [ft 0 H; Mtt: sunflower oil H/tAFifP sung pp of SING
sun-glasses /'sAnglaisiz; NAmE -glaes-/ (also informal
shades)
noun [pi ] a pair of glasses with dark glass in them that you
wear to protect your eyes from bright light from the sun A PB ft; MU: a pair
of sunglasses -gijAPBft — see also dark
glasses 'sun hat noun a hat worn to protect
the head and neck from the sun |fe]j£iiIPBlllf — picture
o hat sunk pp
of sink
sunk-en /'SArjkan/ adj. 1 [only before noun] that has fallen to
the bottom of the sea or the ocean, or of a lake or river y/i'&ft;
yFLATRj&lft cm submerged: a sunken ship O sunken treasure yffFt/Kl&ftMS 2 (of eyes or cheeks
BSBf i^iUM) hollow and deep as a result of disease, getting old, or not having
enough food [HI ft, iiPBft (. )
3 [only before noun]
at a lower level than
the area around {E£A jWHS-^Pffift; f&^&ft: a sunken garden M
'sun-kissed adj. [usually before noun] made warm or brown by
the sun BgBlft; Bg*|ft: sun-kissed bodies on the beach J: Bg H ft #
sun-lamp /'SAnlaemp/ noun a lamp that produces ultraviolet light that has the same
effect as the sun
and can turn the skin brown
APB£T ( tb-i
sun-less /'SAnlas/ adj. without any sun; receiving no light from
the sun A PB Aft; PB A M ^ f!l ft cm gloomy: a sunless day APBAft—A EEQ sunny sun-light
/'sAnlait/ noun [U] the light from the
sun PB if, 0i: a ray/pool of sunlight — / — ft PB it 0
shafts of bright sunlight — it if% (ft PB it 0 The morning sunlight
flooded into the room. -^MftPB A$§A
^|B]o
sun-lit
/'SAnlit/
adj. [usually before noun] receiving
light from the sun PB AMllft: sunlit streets PBit'B.W.W&jfL
'sun lounge
(BrE) (also sun-room NAmE, BrE) noun a room with large
windows, and often a glass roof, that lets in a lot of light 0 ifM, PB^fcfsJ ( ^AM f3, HtWi# )
sun loun ger /'SAnlaund3a(r)/ (also loun-ger, sun-bed) noun (BrE) a chair with a long seat
that supports your legs, used for sitting or lying #>n"in the sun 0
A'Flrft;
0
A?$fe — picture o chair
Sunni /‘suni; 'SAni/ noun (pi. Sunni or Sun-nis) 1 [U] one of the two
main branches of the Islamic religion m fg W. ( -MyUzi.WMUMZ— ) —compare Shia(1) 2 [C] a member of the Sunni branch of Islam
fg 'M
% —compare
Shiite ► Sun-nite /'sunait; 'SAn-/ adj. [usually before noun]
sun-nies /'SAniz/ [pi.] noun (AustralE, NZE, informal) sunglasses APBtt; §Bt
sunny /'SAni/
adj. (sun-nter, sun ni
est) 1 with a lot of bright
light from the sun PB A A A ft: a sunny day PB A Pf] M ft 0 ?- o sunny
weather ffePBi^i ftAR O The
outlook for the weekend is hot and sunny. F^if AMI A 4$ A Bf 8* AH .
0
a sunny garden AUPBAftfelll 0
2
cheerful and happy )0cAft; a
sunny dispos
ition
'sunny
side noun the side of sth that
receives most light from the sun Ag f- A PB ii; ft PB ®l: (figurative) the sunny side of life (= the more cheerful
aspects of life) IT»7^I sunny-side 'up (NAmE) (of an
egg IQ fried on one side
only Rjw-'ffilA sun-ray
/'sAnrei/
noun a ray of light from the sun APB
itm
sun-rise /'SAnraiz/
noun 1 [u] the time when the
sun first appears in the sky in the morning 0 ft} cm DAWN : We got up at
sunrise, m fj ti 0 tb 9$ ^ IM „
2
[C, usually sing.] the colours in the part
of the sky where the sun first appears in the morning |f]f|: the pinks and yellows of the sunrise
'sunrise industry noun a new industry,
especially one connected with electronics
or computers, that is successful and growing ^PBFA'tk; ( AtsR tfl+flAW ) — compare sunset industry
sun-roof /'SAnrurf/
noun (pi. -roofs) a part of the roof of
a car that you can open
to let air and light in ( iAA A ) fgg&Mfe, AW — picture o page Ri sun-room /‘SAnruim; -rum/ noun (especially NAmE)
=
SUN LOUNGE
sun-screen
/'sAnskrim/
noun [C, U] a cream or liquid
that you put on your skin to protect it from the harmful effects of the sun P/j
Bg ft ; P/j Bg yg : a high factor (= strong) sunscreen p)jBg^f£(i)['PjPZ( Bgfl sun-set /’SAnset/ noun, adj., verb
a noun 1 [u] the time when the
sun goes down and night begins 0 /j|; Every evening at
sunset the flag was
lowered. A B£ 0 W 6P!c P# M o 2 [C] the colours in the
part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening B& R : a spectacular sunset £tj B& It
3
[C] a fixed period of time after which a
law or the effect of a law will end (
: There is a five-year
sunset on the new tax.
m adj. [only before noun] 1
used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset
HRV&f/j;
(ft: sunset yellow 0|f 2 used to describe
sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth ;