英语词汇“viper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	viper
释义	Trends of viper View usage for: viper (vaɪpəʳ) Word forms: plural vipers countable noun A viper is a small poisonous snake found mainly in Europe. viper in British English (ˈvaɪpə) noun 1. any venomous Old World snake of the family Viperidae, esp any of the genus Vipera (the adder and related forms), having hollow fangs in the upper jaw that are used to inject venom 2. any of various other snakes, such as the horned viper 3. pit viper 4. a malicious or treacherous person Derived forms viper-like (ˈviper-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin vīpera, perhaps from vīvus living + parere to bear, referring to a tradition that the viper was viviparous viper in American English (ˈvaɪpər) noun 1. any of a widespread family (Viperidae) of venomous snakes, including the pit vipers, the European adder, and the African puff adder; solenoglyph 2. any of various other poisonous or supposedly poisonous snakes 3. a. a malicious or spiteful person b. a treacherous person Word origin OFr < L vipera, contr. < ? *vivipara, producing live young < vivus, living (see bio-) + parere, to bear: see -parous: from the notion that the viper does not lay eggs Image of viper © Ging o_o, shutterstock Examples of 'viper' in a sentence viper The viper flinched dangerously, tightening its muscles as Christian backed slowly away, and waited. Forrest, Roberta WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM (2002) Newington's a viper in the grass, with a nasty tongue and a mind to match. Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (2002) When I want a female viper I'll go out in the desert and get one. Elizabeth Lowell THIS TIME LOVE (2002) Word lists with viper reptile All related terms of 'viper' asp viper the venomous snake , probably Naja haje ( Egyptian cobra ), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death pit viper any venomous snake of the New World family Crotalidae, having a heat-sensitive organ in a pit on each side of the head: includes the rattlesnakes sand viper a S European viper , Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back gaboon viper a large venomous viper , Bitis gabonica , that occurs in African rainforests . It has brown and purple markings and hornlike projections on its snout horned viper a venomous snake , Cerastes cornutus, that occurs in desert regions of N Africa and SW Asia and has a small horny spine above each eye : family Viperidae ( vipers ) Russell's viper a very poisonous viper ( Vipera russeli ) of SE and SC Asia, with a pale-brown body and ringlike black spots edged with white or yellow viper's bugloss a Eurasian boraginaceous weed , Echium vulgare, having blue flowers and pink buds
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