snake-likeadj.

Etymology: < snake n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnake-like.

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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow

snake-like1612

slangrel1643

crane1697

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake

colubrinec1540

snake-like1612

ophidian1883

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake > having form of

snake-like1612

ophiomorphous1692

ophiomorphic1890

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 24 Aloft where Chesill lifts Her ridged snake-like sands, in wrecks and smouldring drifts.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 207 My own pet May..is sliding her snake-like head into my hand.

1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer xiii The long procession wound its snake-like length down the narrow stair.

c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 301 Many of the smaller Colubrine Snakes resemble some of the Snake-like Lizards.

figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV ix. 75 A long and snake-like life of dull decay.1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 105 This is a snakelike world, And always has its tail within its mouth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	snake-like
释义	snake-likeadj. Etymology: < snake n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnake-like. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow snake-like1612 slangrel1643 crane1697 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake colubrinec1540 snake-like1612 ophidian1883 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake > having form of snake-like1612 ophiomorphous1692 ophiomorphic1890 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 24 Aloft where Chesill lifts Her ridged snake-like sands, in wrecks and smouldring drifts. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 207 My own pet May..is sliding her snake-like head into my hand. 1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer xiii The long procession wound its snake-like length down the narrow stair. c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 301 Many of the smaller Colubrine Snakes resemble some of the Snake-like Lizards. figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV ix. 75 A long and snake-like life of dull decay.1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 105 This is a snakelike world, And always has its tail within its mouth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1612
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