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shamateur [shamateur 词源字典]: "A sports player who makes money from sporting activities though classified as amateur", Late 19th century: blend of sham and amateur.[shamateur etymology, shamateur origin, 英语词源]
scrapie: "A disease of sheep involving the central nervous system, characterized by a lack of coordination causing affected animals to rub against trees and other objects for support, and thought to be caused by a virus-like agent such as a prion", Early 20th century: from the verb scrape + -ie.
spiffing: "Excellent; splendid", Late 19th century: of unknown origin.
showing: "The action of showing something, or the fact of being shown", Old English scēawung.
sievert: "The SI unit of dose equivalent (the biological effect of ionizing radiation), equal to an effective dose of a joule of energy per kilogram of recipient mass", 1940s: named after Rolf M. Sievert (1896–1966), Swedish physicist.
subcelestial: "Existing below or beneath a heavenly or ethereal realm; material (as opposed to ethereal). Now rare or historical", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Eden (c1520–1576), translator. From sub- + celestial.
Serpens: "A large constellation (the Serpent) on the celestial equator, said to represent the snake coiled around Ophiuchus. It is divided into two parts by Ophiuchus, Serpens Caput (the ‘head’) and Serpens Cauda (the ‘tail’)", Latin.
satsuma: "A tangerine of a hardy loose-skinned variety, originally grown in Japan", Late 19th century: named after the province Satsuma.
supraconductive: "= superconductive", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Popular Science Monthly. From supra- + conductive, originally after Dutch suprageleidend.
spongocoel: "The central cavity in the body of a sponge", 1940s; earliest use found in Libbie Hyman (1888–1969). Greek κοιλία a hollow, cavity.
sub-aqua: "Relating to swimming or exploring under water, especially with an aqualung", 1950s: from sub- 'under' + Latin aqua 'water'.