| 单词 | serpentine |
| 释义 | serpentine From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishserpentineser‧pen‧tine /ˈsɜːpəntaɪn $ ˈsɜːrpəntiːn/ adjective [only before noun] literary1 BENDwinding like a snakethe serpentine course of the river2 complicated and difficult to understanda serpentine plotExamples from the Corpusserpentine• Proving very popular are the new serpentine bedside cabinets in real satinwood handpainted with classical motifs, at about £600.• Its proposed costly serpentine curve makes sense there, but not necessarily elsewhere.• Her dark blonde hair and serpentine figure drew the approval of Sir Charles Webb-Bowen himself.• Vent valves along serpentine pipes hissed.• Sometimes, it is not the serpentine plots, but the dramatic realism that requires a second viewing.• a serpentine river• There are serpentine steps leading up from the road.• And my narcissus bulbs were artistically arranged in a kind of serpentine wall around the whole thing.Serpentine, thethe SerpentineSerpentine, thea lake in Hyde Park in London. It is a custom for some people to swim in it on Christmas Day. |
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