请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 snake-like
释义 ˈsnake-like, a.
[f. snake n.]
Like or resembling a snake or that of a snake; having the characteristic form of a snake; long and slender.
Common in the 19th cent.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. ii. 34 Aloft where Chesil lifts Her ridged snake-like sands, in wrecks and smould'ring drifts.1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 83 My own pet May..is sliding her snake-like head into my hand.1839Lever H. Lorrequer xiii, The long procession wound its snake-like length down the narrow stair.c1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 301 Many of the smaller Colubrine Snakes resemble some of the Snake-like Lizards.
fig.1821Byron Juan iv. ix, A long and snake-like life of dull decay.1839–52Bailey Festus 99 This is a snakelike world, And always hath its tail within its mouth.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 19:30:01