satirical ADJ. /嘲弄的/mocking. The humor of cartoonist Gary Trudeau often is satirical; through the comments of the
Doonesbury characters, Trudeau ridicules political corruption and folly.
saturate V. /湿透/soak thoroughly. Saturate your sponge with water until it can't hold any more.
saturnine ADJ. /阴郁的/gloomy. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks. saunter V. /漫步;闲逛/stroll slowly. As we sauntered through the park, we stopped frequently to admire the spring
flowers.
savant N. /专家,学者/scholar. Our faculty includes many worldfamous savants.
savor V. /有滋有味儿的;享受这种滋味/enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality. Relishing his triumph, the actor
especially savored the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.
savory ADJ. /有味道的;吸引人的/tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable. Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to
create savory delicacies for their guests.
scabbard N. /剑鞘/case for a sword blade; sheath. The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword
before slipping it back into the scabbard.
scad N. /大批的,许多/a great quantity. Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt, Phil replied, "No, thanks, I've got scads
of clothes."
scaffold N. /脚手架;绞刑架/temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution. Before painting
the house, the workers put up a scaffold to allow them to work on the second story.
scale V. /爬升;升高/climb up; ascend. In order to locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks, Lee had to scale an
exceptionally rickety ladder.
scamp N. /流氓,无赖/rascal. Despite his mischievous behavior, Malcolm was such an engaging scamp that his mother
almost lacked the heart to punish him.
scanty ADJ. /缺乏的;稀疏的/meager; insufficient. Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more. scapegoat N. /替罪羊/someone who bears the blame for others. After the Challenger disaster, NASA searched for
scapegoats on whom they could cast the blame.
scavenge V. /腐食;打扫/hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food. If you need car
parts that the dealers no longer stock, try scavenging for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards. scavenger,
scenario N. /情节;剧本大纲;(电影、歌剧)剧本/plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto. Scaramouche startled the other
actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary scenario and began to improvise.
schematic ADJ. /示例的;示意性的/relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols. In working out the
solution to this logic puzzle, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram outlining the order of events.
schism N. /分离/division; split. Let us not widen the schism by further bickering.
scintillate V. /迸出火花;发出闪烁/sparkle; flash. I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the
conversation scintillates.
scoff V. /嘲弄,奚落/mock; ridicule. He scoffed at dentists until he had his first toothache.
scourge N. /鞭笞;蹂躏/lash; whip; severe punishment. They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge.
also V.
scruple V. /踌躇;忧郁/fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons. Fearing that her husband had become involved in an
affair, she did not scruple to read his diary. also N.
scrupulous ADJ. /小心翼翼的;谨慎的/conscientious; extremely thorough. Though Alfred is scrupulous in fulfilling his
duties at work, he is less conscientious about his obligations to his family and friends.
scrutinize V. /明察/examine closely and critically. Searching for flaws, the sergeant scrutinized every detail of the
private's uniform.
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