单词 | snake |
释义 | Word Frequency snake(sneɪk) noun 1. any reptile of the suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors (boas and pythons), and small harmless types such as the grass snake ▶ Related adjectives: colubrine, ophidian2. Also called: snake in the grass a deceitful or treacherous person 3. anything resembling a snake in appearance or action 4. (in the European Union) a former system of managing a group of currencies by allowing the exchange rate of each of them only to fluctuate within narrow limits 5. a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains verb 6. (intransitive) to glide or move like a snake 7. (transitive) US to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it 8. (transitive) US (often foll by out) to pull jerkily 9. (transitive) to move in or follow (a sinuous course) Derived forms snakelike (ˈsnakeˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English snaca; related to Old Norse snākr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian snōk snail |
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