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http://xination.pixnet.net/blog/post/28551447 這邊是430頁囉，這頁挺有趣的。而下面的link是之前講解的list http://xination.pixnet.net/blog/post/26668775 很久很久前的GRE版，早在我進來之前，有很多版友的分享唷，像看電影學單字，也有從新聞學單字的，也有字源講解、字的比較，準備心得等等的互動很豐富的呢，所以那時候開始我也想這樣的分享下去呢。每個小po文都有它的貢獻呢，你也可以分享的。 shrewd shrew-ed adj.精明的 [astute or sharp in practical matters] ex. a shrewd dealer knows how to make the best sell. ex. a shrewd investment. ex. a shrewd political brain. ps. shrew n.潑婦，原本的字源是指惡徒的意思，而後shrewd有發展成cunning的意思，到今日，shrewd的使用上已經沒有負面的意含了。 What does Shrewd mean? by Rick Lawrence shriek v.尖叫 [a high-pitched scream or cry often made when angry, scared or in pain.] ex. 看到鬼了>""<, she shrieked and run away. ex. 玩高空彈跳時發出的尖叫 ex. a shriek that spread over the rooftops. ps. Shrek 史瑞克, The name "Shrek" is derived from the German and Yiddish word "Schreck"/"Shreck", literally meaning "Fear" or "Terror." ps. shriek與 Shrek 的字源並不是相同的，但可以方便記憶。 shrine n. [any place that is regarded as holy because of its associations with a special person or event] ps. 可以小到像路邊土地公的小廟，或是大到像靖國神社。 etymology: comes from the Latin scrinium meaning "case or box for keeping papers. ps. enshrine v. [to enclose in or as in a shrine] shrink v.收縮 [become smaller] ex. This cloth will shrink if washed in hot water. ex. Car sales have been shrinking ex. Market is shrinking. Alice in Wonderland Growth and Shrinking Scene (Note: 沒有聲音) shroud n. [a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.] v. [to cover; hide from view.] ex. previously shrouded aspects of U.S. history. ex. Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy. ps. Shroud of Turin (耶穌的Shroud?) wiki上有圖，可以去看。 shrub n.灌木 wiki::A shrub is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 6 m (20 ft) tall. ps. bush n. 比較矮一點(像薰衣草那種)的灌木. ps. scrub (p.422) n.發育不良的矮樹叢 How to Trim Shrubs and Prune Hedges shrug v.聳肩 [to raise the shoulders in an expression of doubt, rejection or indifference, etc...] ex. He shrugs and says "I don't know.". ex. try to shrug off the worst recession in living memory. ps. shrug也可以指一種女用jacket. shuck n. [shell, husk] ps. 非常少用到的一個字。 shudder v.顫抖 [to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.] ex. to fix my sister's computer makes me shudder... ex. I shudder to think of the problems ahead of us. ex. Bloggers often display postings that would make party censors shudder. ps. quiver (p.389), tremble n.顫抖 shun v. [to avoid deliberately] ex. to shun TV exposure ex. to shun being photographed, or being tagged on Facebook. ps. synonym:: avoid, eschew(p.183) ps. 有點像中文發音的閃，又有點像日文發音しゅん shunt 這個動詞比較少用於日常生活中，基本概念是to shift，會用到的主要在三種領域中。 (電機) to shunt the electric current. 另外也可以稱有這種功能的device 為 a shunt. (火車) 換軌 [to move (a railway locomotive, wagons, etc) from one track to another] (醫學) a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube. 當名詞時 to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt. sibilant adj. [like or produced with a hissing sound] ex. a sibilant whisper. ex. the sibilant noise of steam escaping [s] [z] [ʃ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ʒ]. (The sounds [tʃ] [dʒ], as in chip and Jeep, are affricates; the rest are fricatives.) North American English Pronunciation - sibilants /s/ /z/ /S/ and /Z/ sibling n.兄弟姊妹 [ any one of two or more people with the same parents; brother or sister ] ps. 填比較正式的申請文件時，像是visa就會看到這個字唷。 ex. have two brothers and a sister: three siblings in all. ex. (New York times) Older siblings lied about their age to get work, so at least the younger ones could get a proper education. sibyl n. [ any of certain women consulted as prophetesses by the ancient Greeks and Romans ] ps. see ball的女人米開朗基羅的畫：： Delphic Sibyl 特爾斐的女預言家的 sidereal sider(star)-eal adj. [of, relating to, or involving the stars] ex. 天文學上的Sidereal Time ps. consider v.考慮，也跟star有點關聯唷。最原始的意思是指觀測星星--->observe--->考慮 Astronomy 101: Solar vs. Sidereal Time -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 199.44.250.219