iquid and then pushing it out WPM — picture o

LABORATORY

m verb [VN] to clean sb’s ear by spraying liquid into it with a syringe          / had my ears

syringed.

syrup /'sirap/ noun [U] 1 a sweet liquid made from sugar and water, often used in cans of fruit H/Jc ( $1^ ) : pears in syrup      2 any thick sweet

liquid made with sugar, used especially as a sauce — see also corn syrup, golden syrup, maple syrup syrupy /‘siropi/ adj. 1 thick and sticky like syrup; containing syrup H & Hi #! W ;   2 {disap­

proving) extremely emotional and romantic and there­fore unpleasant; too sentimental        'If

: a syrupy romantic novel - -gftH%(HJ Wlf/M# sys-tem 0-w /'sistam/ noun 1 [C] ~ (of/for sth) an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing sth (  ;

fjfe; fliij S.; f£rfr|: the British educational system g lit W M 0 a new system for assessing personal tax bills      0 a system of government &

ft — see also binary, metric system 2 [c] a group of things, pieces of equipment, etc. that are connected or work together %.     ■. a transport system is ffe %.   0

heating systems  0 a stereo system          P|n|^

loa security system      — see also ecosystem,

EXPERT SYSTEM, OPERATING SYSTEM, PUBLIC ADDRESS

system, solar system 3 [c] a human or an animal body, or a part of it, when it is being thought of as the organs and processes that make it function f%ft; (

Hf ) % tfc: You have to wait until the drugs have passed out of your system, ft # 3\ M $5 j# ^ „ 0 the male reproductive system ;(4 ft. M %.          — see also

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, IMMUNE

system 4 the system [sing.] (informal, usually disap­proving) the rules or people that control a country or an organization, especially when they seem to be unfair because you cannot change them ( Xia

) r&IS, ft%, H®: You can’t beat the system (= you must accept it).          ftji'l „ 0 young

people rebelling against the system fetflMftftMtfjft&A llimi get sth out of your system (informal) to do sth so

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that you no longer feel a very strong emotion or have a strong desire Sift,            mm ( ) :

I was very angry with him, but now I feel I’ve got it out of

my system.

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system at ic /.sista’maetik/ adj. done according to a system or plan, in a thorough, efficient or determined wayj*#*W;   a

systematic approach to solving the problem

0 a systematic attempt to destroy the organiza- tion        0 The pris­

oner was subjected to systematic torture. f0 r*m unsystematic ► systematically /-kli/ adv.: The search was carried out systematically. MltBScMnP WIMTo

system-atize (BrE also -ise) /‘sistamataiz/ verb [VN] (formal) to arrange sth according to a system ^ %. it; &l$ftM; i£&®it Hn organize ► sys-tem- atiza tion, -isation /.sistamatai'zeijn; NAmE -ta'z-/ noun [U]

sys-tem-ic /si'stemik; si'stiimik/ adj. {technical ^ iH) 1 affecting or connected with the whole of sth, espe­cially the human body       l; M0L&J;

2 systemic chemicals or drugs that are used to treat diseases in plants or animals enter the body of the plant or animal and spread to all parts of it ( W: systemic weedkillers p*3 PR ^ ?F!l

►                 sys-tem-ioal-ly adv.

'system operator (also ‘systems operator) noun {computing if) a person who manages a computer system or electronic communication service

mm ft

'systems analyst noun a person whose job is to analyse the needs of a business company or an organ­ization and then design processes for working efficiently using computer programs ^ ft #f M

►                 systems analysis noun [U]

sys-tole /'sistali/ noun {medical E) the part of the heart’s rhythm when the heart pumps blood         — compare

diastole ► sys-tol-ic /.sis'tDlik; NAmE -'tail-/ adj.