5816.spot(名)地点；斑点(动)散布；发现
(名): The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed roport made on the spot.
有关这场火灾的新闻随后有详细的现场报导。
(动): They were spotted by the police as they were entering the bank．
他们进入银行时被警方发现了行踪。

5817.spouse(名)配偶
The immediate family consists of spouse and children．
直系亲属包括配偶和子女。

5818.spray(动)喷洒、溅散
A cloud of the spray came up from the waterfall．
飞瀑溅起一片水雾。

5819.spread(动)散播、扩展(名)扩展
不规则变化spread,spread
(动):The bird spread its wings.
鸟展开翅膀。
(名):Shut doors to delay the spread of fire.
把门关上以延缓火势的蔓延。

5820.square(名)正方形；广场(形)四方的
(名):There is a fair in the town square.
市中心广场有个市集。
(形):It's a square box.
这是一个正方形的盒子。

5821.squarely(副)正方形地；正直地
He stood squarely in front of them, blocking the entrance.
他就对着他们站在那里，挡住入口。

5822.squirrel(名)松鼠
The squirrel stores nuts in its burrow.
小松鼠将干果贮藏在地洞里。

5823.stab(动)(名)刺、戳
(动):He was stabbed to death in a racist attack．
他遭到种族主义者的袭击，被刺死了。
(名):She felt a sudden stab of pain in the chest.
她胸部突然感到一阵剧痛。

5824.stability(名)安定、稳定性
Political stability essential to economic prosperity.
政治稳定对经济繁荣是必要的。

5825.stable(形)安定的、牢固的、稳定的
This ladder doesn't seem very stable.
这架梯子好像不太稳。

5826.stack(名)推
There's a stack of unopened mail watting for you at the house．
家里有一大堆信等你拆呢。

5827.staff(名)全体职员
不可数
The teaching staff of this college is excellent.
这所大学的教师都是出类拔萃的。

5828.stair(名)楼梯
The master's room is upstairs,but to get to the library you must go down stairs.
校长的房间在楼上，但是到图书馆你必须下楼。

5829.stall(名)摊位；牛舍
How comes nobody is coming to our stall?
为什么没有人要来我们摊位？

5830.standard(名)标准(形)标准的
(名)：We aim to maintain high standards of customer care．
我们的宗旨是始终以高标准为顾客服务。
(形):A standard letter was sent to all candidates．
寄一封标准函给所有求职者去。

5831.standardize(动)使标准化
Efforts to standardize English spellings have not been completely successful．
将英语拼写标准化的努力并不完全成功。

5832.standpoint(名)观点、立场
It's time for the political opponents of the government to stand up from his standpoint.
他认为是到了政府的政敌们出来表明立场的时候了。

5833.standstill(名)停顿
Everything is at a standstill now．
现在一切都停止了。

5834.staple(动)用钉书机钉
The letter was stapled to the other documents in the file．
这封信与案卷里的其他文件钉在一起。

5835.starve(名)饿，挨饿
同义词hunger
The animels were left to starve to death．
那些动物只能等着饿死。

5836.state(名)状态(动)陈述
(名):A report condemned the state of pridsoner's cells.
一篇报导对牢房的状况进行了抨击。
(动):The facts are clearly stated in the report.
报导对事实真相作了清楚的说明。

5837.statement(名)陈述
He can not tell the difference between true praise and flattering statements made only to gain his favor．
他不能分辨真正的赞扬和只是为讨他欢心的奉承。

5838.statesman(名)政治家
He has the quality of a statesman.
他有政治家的特性。

5839.static(形)静止的、停滞的
The balancs sheet provides a static picture of the financial pasition at a point in t time.
资产负债表反映出某一时间的财务状况。

5840.station(名)车站
I get off at the next station.
我在下一站下车。

5841.stationary(形)不动的、静止的
One continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it．
一块大陆静止不动，另一块大陆漂离它而去。

5842.steadily(副)稳定地
The situation got steadily worse．
局势逐渐恶化。

5853.steady(形)稳定的、稳固的
同义词constant
He did not have a steady hand with the razor.
他的手拿不稳剃刀。

5854.steadfast(形)坚定的
Happiness is not steadfast, but transient.
幸福不长久。

5855.stem(动)起源于……；由……而造成
The present strikes wave stems from discontant among the lower-paid.
当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员的不满情绪。

5856.step(名)脚步(动)走
(名):We heard steps outside.
我们听见外面有脚步声。
(动):I stepped forward when my name was called out.
我听见我的名字时便向前迈了一步。