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seedy

1

	(破烂不堪的,褴褛的,不合适的) disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
	((手)灵巧的) skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
	(外貌,相似) seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
	(自满的,自命不凡的) studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly or conceitedly smart; self-satisfied in any respect

serendipity

2

	(有发现意外之财的运气) gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
	(似真实假的) argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
	(逃避,推卸,避免) avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
	(恳求) request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application

shambles

3

	(壁球) a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets; crush; press; depress
	(混乱的地方,肉铺) wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin
	(衣服上亮晶晶的小金属饰件) small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
	(自发的,自然的,无预谋的) naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated

shirk

4

	(逃避,推卸,避免) avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
	((手)灵巧的) skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
	(梦游症患者) sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
	(洗牌) disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

shuffle

5

	(洗牌) disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
	(结束,平息,消除,伺候舒服) make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
	(扰乱的,沸腾) be disturbed; boil; be in state of turmoil or ferment
	((手)灵巧的) skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity

slapdash

6

	(纯粹的,,绝对的,透明的,峻峭的) very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
	(外貌,相似) seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
	(安慰) comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
	(匆促的) haphazard; careless; done hastily

sleight

7

	(掴,拍,掌击) sharp blow from a flat object as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
	(梦游症患者) sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
	(匆促的) haphazard; careless; done hastily
	((手)灵巧的) skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity

soliloquy

8

	(自言自语,独白) talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
	(奇的,独一无二的) unique; extraordinary; being only one
	(云杉,整洁的,潇洒的) coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
	(安慰) comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress

soluble

9

	(可溶解的,可解决的) able to be dissolved; able to be explained
	(奴隶的,奴性的) slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor
	(季节的,季节性的) occurring at or dependent on a particular season
	(抵抗当局,反抗,暴动) resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion

somnambulist

10

	(熄灭,覆盖) conceal or hide; envelop completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
	(梦游症患者) sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
	(充满生气的,活泼的,敏捷的) vigorously active; active, as in leaping or running
	(外貌,相似) seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form

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