comments and replies that are made quickly 机智的巧辩 BEl REPARTEE
swords-man /'soidzman; NAmE 'sorrdz-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) (usually
used with an adjective) a person who fights with a sword (通常与形容词连用）剑客，剑手： a
_/iine swordsman剑术高超的剑客
swords-man-ship/'s3：dzmanJ'ip; NAmE'soirdz-/ noun [u] skill in
fighting witli a sword 剑朵
swore pt of swear
sworn /sworn; NAmE sworm/ adj. [only before
noun]
1
made after you have promised to tell the
truth, espe- cially in court (尤指在法庭上）宣过誓的，宣誓证明
的：a sworn statement 宣誓证词 2 ~ enemies people,
countries, etc. that have a strong hatred for each other 不共戴天知仇敌一see also swear v.
swot /swDt; NAmE swart/ noun, verb a noun (BrB) (US grind) (informal, disapproving) a person who
spends too much time studying 只知一味用功学习
的人；书呆子
■ verb (-tt-) [V] ~ (for sth) {BrE, informal) to study very
hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam (尤指为准 备考试）刻苦学习，用功,swot sth^ up 1 ,swot 'up on sth (BrE, informal) to study a
particular subject very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam (尤指为准备考试）刻苦学习（某门课程）：Mafcesure you swot up on the company before the interyiew.
一定要用心掌握公司的情况。
SWOT analysis/7〇i/A7 a study done by an organization in order to find its strengths and weaknesses, and what problems or opportunities it should deal with. SWOT is formed from the initial, letters of ‘strengths’， "weaknesses5, <opportunities, and threats*. * SWOT 分析，强弱利喊分析（为strengths、weaknesses、 opportunities和threats的首字母，机构对自身实力与弱点
以及应处理的问题或应利用机遇的分析）
swum pp of swim swung pt, pp of SWING .swung 'dash noun = tilde(2)
syb-ar-it-ic /.siba'ritik/
adj. [usually
before noun] (formal) connected with a desire for pleasure 贪图享乐的；骄奢 淫逸的：his
sybaritic h/esiyk他骄奢淫逸的生活方式
syca-more /'sik8mo:(r)/
noun 1 [C, U] (especially 8r£) a
European tree of the maple family, with
leaves that have five points and seeds shaped like a pair of wings 西卡莫；西卡莫槭；假挪威槭2[C](e5pec/fl//y/s//\mE)an American plane tree 西卡莫；（美_ > 悬铃木 3 [U] the valuable hard wood of the European sycamore 西卡莫 木材
syco-phant /'sikafaent/
noun (formal,
disapproving) a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way
that is not sincere, especially in order to get sth from them阿谀奉承的人；舍媚者；拍
马者syco.phancy
/’sikafensi/
[U] syco.phan.tic
/,sika_faentik/
：a sycophantic review .媚奉余的评论
Sydenham’s chorea /丨sidnamz ka'ria/ (also St Vitus’s dance) noun [U] {medical IS) a disease that mostly affects
children, that causes the body to make small sudden movements and often follows
rheumatic fever 西德 纳姆氏舞蹈病（通常感染儿童，引起不自主的肌肉抽动，
常在风湿热之后患病）
syl-lab-ary /'silaberi; NAmE -beri/ noun {pi. -ies) (technical 7^ t^) a set of written characters representing
syllables and used as an alphabet in some languages
音节文字；音节表
syMab.ic /si’laBbik/
oaf/. (/?/7〇ne"cs 语音）1 based on syllables 音节的；分音节的：syllabic stress
2
(of a consonant 辅音）forming a whole syllable, for
example /l/ in 成音节的
syl-labi-fi-ca-tion /si.laebifi'keij'n/
(also syl-labi-ca-tion
/si.laebi'keij'n/)
noun [U] the
division of words into syllables音节如分
syMable /'silabl/ noun
any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and
usually one or more consonants 音节：
a word with
two ^yHaWes双音节单词◊ a two-syHabZe word双音节单词,◊
Potato’ is
stressed on the second syHaWe. * potato —词的 重音在第二个音节上6 fT»TOl see word n. •syllable-timed 语音)(of a language 语言)
having a
regular rhythm of syllables 有规则音节令拍 的；音节定速的一compare stress-timed
syl. la-bub /丨silabAb/ now/7 [C, U] (8/f) a cold
dessert (=a sweet dish) made from
cream that has been mixed very quickly with sugar, wine, fruit juice^ etc. to
make it thick乳酒冻《用奶油加糖、葡萄酒、果汁等拌制）
syMa*bus /'silabas/ noun (pi. syl-la-buses or less frequent syl-labi /'sdabai/) a list of the topics, books, etc.
that students should study in a particular subject at school or college 教学大纲一compare curriculum syl-lo-gism /'siladsizam/ noun {technical t|<: i§) a way of arguing in which two
statements are used to prove that a third statement is true, for example ： lAll humans must die; I am a human; therefore I must die.’ 三段 论（由两个前提得出结论的推理方法，如“凡人必有
一死；我是人；所以我必有一死。”丨►syUo*gist-ic /.sila'dsistik/ adj. [only before noun] sylphj /silf/ 1 an
imaginary spirit 气精；气仙 2 a girl or woman who is thin and
attractive 舍条女手 sylph."ke /'silflaik/ oof/ (of a woman or
girl 女人或少女) thin in an attractive way体态轻盈柔美的；苗▲的
syl-van /'silvan/ adj. {literary) connected with forests and trees森林的；；木的
sym-bi-osis
/.simbai'ausis; NAmE -'ousis/ noun [U, C] {pi. sym-bi-oses /-'ausiiz; NAmE -'ousirz/) 1 {biology
the relationship between two
different living creatures that live close together and depend on each other in
particular ways, each getting particular benefits from the other 共生（关系）’2 a relationship between people,
companies, etc. that is to the advantage of both 合作关系；互惠互利的关系►sym.bi.ot.ic/」Dtik;/SMmf -'a:tik/ adj. ： a
symbiotic rekirionship —种;k 惠互利的关 系 sym.bi.ot.ic.aMy Asimbai’utikli; -_a:tik-/ adv. Sym-bol O^r /'simbl/ noun 1 〜（of sth) a person, an object, an event,
etc. that represents a more general quality or situation 象征： White has always been a symbol of
purity in Western cutores.在西方文化中，白色一向象征纯洁。oMandeto became a ^ymboZ 〇/ the anrt-aparthefd strug^e.曼德拉 成为反种族隔离斗争的象征。〇 note at sign 2 ~ (for
sth) a sign, number, letter, etc. that has a fixed meaning, especially in
science, mathematics and music 符号；托号；记 4 : What is the chemical symbol
for co即 er? 化学# 号是什么？ oAZisto/ symbok used
on the
map is given in t/ie index这份地图所使用的符
号全部列在索引中。_ see also sex symbol, status
SYMBOL
sym. bol.ic /sim_bDlik; -_ba:lik/ flc/y•〜（of sth) containing symbols, or
being used .as a symbol 使用象 征的；作为象征的；象征性的：Thedoveissymboiico/ peace. M子秦和平的象征。◊ rhe
Channd Tunnd has enormous symbolic significance for a united
sym-bol-ism /"simbalizam/
noun [U] the use of symbols to represent ideas, especially in art and
literature
(尤指文艺中的）象征主:义，象征手法►syirvbohst /'simbalist/ adj., noun ： the symbolist poet Rimbaud 0.®
丰义诗人_兰波
sym*bol-ize
(BrE also -ise) /'simbelaiz/ verb [VN] to be a symbol of sth 象征；是，•的象征；表 PHTl repre- sent ： The use of light and dark symbolizes
good and eviZ.用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。◊ He came to symbolize
his country's struggle for independence.
成为祖国为，取独立呵斗争的象征。
sym.met.rical/si'metrikl/
(also sym.met.ric/si_metrik/) (of a body, a design，an object，etc.身体、图案、_ 体等）having two. halves, parts or sides
that are the same in size and shape 对称的：a ^ymmetricai pattern 对称的图案 EEH asymmetric ► sym-met-ric*al-ly /-kli/ adv.