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sapphire

n. 藍寶石

adj. [bright blue]

 Al₂O₃所組成

Sapphire Ring - Periodic Table of Videos

satire

n.諷刺 [attacking foolish or wicked behaviour by making fun of it, often by using sarcasm and parody]

  ex. Don Quixote 

  ps. irony 

wiki: Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.

 白海豚會轉彎....(吳敦義開球...)

satirize

satire-ize

v. [If you satirize a person or group of people, you use satire to criticize them or make fun of them in a play, film, or novel.]

  ex. Newspapers usually satirizes political leaders.

sarcastic

adj. 諷刺的, 挖苦的 [of, pertaining to, or characterized by sarcasm]

  ex. a sarcastic reply

  ps. sarcasm wiki: Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt", usually conveyed through irony or understatement."

note: 蕃茄醬是水果

sartorial 

sartor-ial

adj. [Sartorial means relating to clothes and to the way they are made or worn.]

  ps. sartor :: a tailor (literary or humorous term)

etymology: sartorial comes from the Modern Latin word sartor which means "tailor," literally "one who patches and mends."

Song: Sartorial Duty by Beyoncé

Sartorial by Penhaligon's: Fragrance Review / Perfume Review

sash

wiki: A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the body, draping from left shoulder to right hip (or right shoulder to left hip) or else running around the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, but the sash from shoulder to hip is worn on ceremonial occasions only.

sate

v. [to fill with more than is needed, particularly with food.]

  ps. satisfy v.滿足

  ps. sate = satay 沙嗲 (馬來語)

satiated

sate-i-ate-ed

adj. [satisfied, as one's appetite or desire, to the point of boredom.]

  ps. 過年吃太多

  ps. insatiable adj.不能滿足的

saturate

v. [to become totally soaked or filled, or to combine two substances to their maximum combining capacity]

  ex. the rain saturates the soil.

  ex. the water is saturated with toxic waste.

  ex. to saturate your free time with work.

  ps. saturated adj.

  ps. saturation n.

Vibrance vs Saturation in Photoshop

saturnine

saturn-ine

adj.憂鬱的, 陰沉的 [gloomy (of a person or his appearance) ]

  ps. saturday, 土曜日

   ( Sunday is the fisrt day, and Saturday is the last day of a week)

wiki:

Named after the Roman god Saturn.

Gas Giant

Metallic hydrogen : In 1935 however, physicists Eugene Wigner and Hillard Bell Huntington predicted that under an immense pressure of around 25 GPa (250,000 atm or 3,500,000 psi), hydrogen atoms would display metallic properties, losing hold over their electrons

Saturn - Space School

 English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916.

The planets Op. 32 - Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age