Definition of serpent in English:

serpent

noun ˈsəːp(ə)ntˈsərpənt

1literary A large snake.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was participating in a rattlesnake roundup and forgot he'd put a serpent under his hat - the hat he was wearing.
- There was a large serpent coiled about in an offensive manner and hissing ominously.
- I was backing up as the monstrous serpent advanced on me.
- The rocks beneath were smooth and interlinked like the overlapping scales of a serpent.
- Sluggish, heavily polluted and evil smelling, it snaked through the borough like a poisonous serpent.
- Focusing intently on the object, he was relatively relieved to discover that it was a copper sphere with a serpent wrapped around it, not the grim skull that he expected to see.
- The doors to the club were made of smooth dark wood with two silver door handles shaped like serpents.
- Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
- When one hears the rattle of a serpent's tail, they flee the area from which it came.
- He pours libations at his father's tomb and a seven spiraled serpent slithers from the mound.
- Two-headed snakes are rare but not unheard of, and one recently found in Spain is giving scientists an opportunity to study how the anomaly affects the serpents' ability to hunt and mate.
- Because there, on the floor, like a coiled serpent, lies the cause of the problem.
- As he stepped back, his hand still outstretched, the serpent coiled around him and blended into his body.
- This story airs in the United States tonight on the National Geographic Channel's Five Days of Snakes - a series of programs about serpents, and the scientists and others who work with them.
- ‘If you were there when they were not taking up serpents, or even during other parts of a service where they did, it would be like many other Pentecostal groups,’ he explained.
- The serpent coiled, tensing to spring forth once more.
- The android girl stomped over to where the enormous serpent was sitting, determined to crush the bulky snake with her amazing strength.
- Hiding out in or near steamy rivers and swamps in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Paraguay and also on the island of Trinidad, these semiaquatic serpents are the largest snakes in the world.
- The serpent finished wrapping itself around him and began to constrict him.
- We saw monkeys swinging through the tree-tops and a long black serpent snaking menacingly over branches.
1. 1.1 A biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20).
  Example sentencesExamples
  This great dragon, the serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, was defeated and thrown down to the earth, with his angels, now called demons.
  The story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent seemed a naïve myth.
  His reference to Eve and the Serpent is highly relevant.
  The woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I ate.
  One other slant on this whole thing is that some Gnostic sects believed the Serpent not to be a tempter, but to be a Redeemer.
  Interstingly enough, in the Haggadah, the Serpent in the garden is actually in charge of the other creatures of the garden, and walks upright, and has hands.
  Through him, as we have shown and as so many texts have indicated, God has destroyed the serpent and the angels and human beings who have grown like it.
  A saxophone represents the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, which should give jazz bands pause!
  And the serpent tempted Eve, 'Eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.'
2. 1.2 A dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile.
  fire-breathing, flying serpents
  Example sentencesExamples
  It told the story of the Christian saint who not only fought off a fire-breathing serpent but also a Turkish knight.
  Storybook dragons and serpents may have a basis in reality.
  The winged serpents headed towards the monster and several managed to bite him before they were squashed between his giant hands.
  According to folklore, the lake is home to a giant serpent with extraordinary powers.
  The feathered serpent flew up into the air, his body glowing in a heavenly way.
  At the day of Ragnarok, Thor will kill this serpent but will die from its poison.
  The dragon and the serpent flew into the clouds and it started to rain heavily.
  A giant serpent shot from it and grabbed the captain in its mouth for an instant.
  The great serpent woke at once, squealing so loudly that the mountains shook.
  In Australia, the Aborigines associated a giant rainbow serpent with the creation of life, similar to the Aztec belief.
  Further legends state that the omphalos at Delphi stands upon the spot where Apollo killed the serpent Python, or upon the chasm through which the waters of Deucalion's flood drained away.
  Blaze formed a fireball in his hand and launched it at the giant serpent, but it was simply eaten by its right head.
  The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr.
  A colossal black serpent, with a dragon's head, wings, and legs, was twisted around itself like a giant knot.
  She told him to take the serpent's teeth and sow them in the ground.
  It's a snake-like serpent which came upon the landscape and created the rivers and streams and waterholes.
  It had dragons and serpents and chimeras and gryphons and other fun creatures that I wish existed.
  A quick check revealed that she was in the camp of the winged serpents.
  A column of water arose and formed into a great serpent, and the head of the serpent was that of a woman.
  In the original, Krishna lies sleeping on the twelve-headed demon serpent.
2A sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it.
Synonyms
traitor, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back-stabber, double-crosser, double-dealer, quisling, judas
3historical A bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys.
Example sentencesExamples
- Brass bands began as military bands in the 19th century, initially with keyed bugles, serpents, bass horns, and other keyed brass instruments, changing to valved brass once these became available.
- An exception must be made for the occasions when the serpent is used to double the awesome Dies Irae at Requiem mass.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin serpent- 'creeping', from the verb serpere.

snake from Old English:
Snakes take their name from the fact that they have no legs and crawl along the ground. The ancestor of snake is an ancient Germanic word that meant ‘to crawl or creep’. Serpent (Middle English) has a similar origin—it comes from Latin serpere, which also meant ‘to crawl or creep’. Yet another word with this original sense was Old English slink. You can describe a treacherous person as a snake in the grass, with the idea of a lurking danger. Snakes are associated with treachery not only in Genesis but in the 6th century bc fables of the Greek storyteller Aesop. In one of his stories a man finds a snake frozen with cold and puts it close to his chest to warm it up. As soon as the snake revives it bites him (see also viper). Before the 17th century the equivalent phrase had featured toads, which were at one time thought to be poisonous—a treacherous person was called a pad in the straw (pad is an old dialect word for a toad). The current expression may have originated from a Latin poem by the Roman poet Virgil. The children's game Snakes and Ladders, called in the USA Chutes and Ladders, was first played at the end of the 19th century. It may be based on an ancient Indian game called Moksha Patamu, which was used to teach children about the Hindu religion—the good squares allowed a player to go to a higher level of life, whereas the evil ‘snakes’ sent them back through reincarnation to lower tiers of life.

Definition of serpent in US English:

serpent

nounˈsərpəntˈsərpənt

1literary A large snake.
Example sentencesExamples
- He pours libations at his father's tomb and a seven spiraled serpent slithers from the mound.
- The doors to the club were made of smooth dark wood with two silver door handles shaped like serpents.
- Two-headed snakes are rare but not unheard of, and one recently found in Spain is giving scientists an opportunity to study how the anomaly affects the serpents' ability to hunt and mate.
- We saw monkeys swinging through the tree-tops and a long black serpent snaking menacingly over branches.
- The android girl stomped over to where the enormous serpent was sitting, determined to crush the bulky snake with her amazing strength.
- As he stepped back, his hand still outstretched, the serpent coiled around him and blended into his body.
- There was a large serpent coiled about in an offensive manner and hissing ominously.
- When one hears the rattle of a serpent's tail, they flee the area from which it came.
- Sluggish, heavily polluted and evil smelling, it snaked through the borough like a poisonous serpent.
- Hiding out in or near steamy rivers and swamps in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Paraguay and also on the island of Trinidad, these semiaquatic serpents are the largest snakes in the world.
- The serpent coiled, tensing to spring forth once more.
- The serpent finished wrapping itself around him and began to constrict him.
- I was backing up as the monstrous serpent advanced on me.
- Because there, on the floor, like a coiled serpent, lies the cause of the problem.
- Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
- He was participating in a rattlesnake roundup and forgot he'd put a serpent under his hat - the hat he was wearing.
- This story airs in the United States tonight on the National Geographic Channel's Five Days of Snakes - a series of programs about serpents, and the scientists and others who work with them.
- The rocks beneath were smooth and interlinked like the overlapping scales of a serpent.
- ‘If you were there when they were not taking up serpents, or even during other parts of a service where they did, it would be like many other Pentecostal groups,’ he explained.
- Focusing intently on the object, he was relatively relieved to discover that it was a copper sphere with a serpent wrapped around it, not the grim skull that he expected to see.
1. 1.1the Serpent A biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Interstingly enough, in the Haggadah, the Serpent in the garden is actually in charge of the other creatures of the garden, and walks upright, and has hands.
  One other slant on this whole thing is that some Gnostic sects believed the Serpent not to be a tempter, but to be a Redeemer.
  The woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I ate.
  The story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent seemed a naïve myth.
  A saxophone represents the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, which should give jazz bands pause!
  And the serpent tempted Eve, 'Eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.'
  Through him, as we have shown and as so many texts have indicated, God has destroyed the serpent and the angels and human beings who have grown like it.
  His reference to Eve and the Serpent is highly relevant.
  This great dragon, the serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, was defeated and thrown down to the earth, with his angels, now called demons.
2. 1.2 A dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the original, Krishna lies sleeping on the twelve-headed demon serpent.
  A giant serpent shot from it and grabbed the captain in its mouth for an instant.
  Further legends state that the omphalos at Delphi stands upon the spot where Apollo killed the serpent Python, or upon the chasm through which the waters of Deucalion's flood drained away.
  In Australia, the Aborigines associated a giant rainbow serpent with the creation of life, similar to the Aztec belief.
  A quick check revealed that she was in the camp of the winged serpents.
  It told the story of the Christian saint who not only fought off a fire-breathing serpent but also a Turkish knight.
  The winged serpents headed towards the monster and several managed to bite him before they were squashed between his giant hands.
  The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr.
  Storybook dragons and serpents may have a basis in reality.
  It had dragons and serpents and chimeras and gryphons and other fun creatures that I wish existed.
  The dragon and the serpent flew into the clouds and it started to rain heavily.
  Blaze formed a fireball in his hand and launched it at the giant serpent, but it was simply eaten by its right head.
  The feathered serpent flew up into the air, his body glowing in a heavenly way.
  According to folklore, the lake is home to a giant serpent with extraordinary powers.
  A column of water arose and formed into a great serpent, and the head of the serpent was that of a woman.
  It's a snake-like serpent which came upon the landscape and created the rivers and streams and waterholes.
  At the day of Ragnarok, Thor will kill this serpent but will die from its poison.
  She told him to take the serpent's teeth and sow them in the ground.
  A colossal black serpent, with a dragon's head, wings, and legs, was twisted around itself like a giant knot.
  The great serpent woke at once, squealing so loudly that the mountains shook.
2A sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it.
Synonyms
traitor, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back-stabber, double-crosser, double-dealer, quisling, judas
3historical A bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys. It was played in military and church bands from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- An exception must be made for the occasions when the serpent is used to double the awesome Dies Irae at Requiem mass.
- Brass bands began as military bands in the 19th century, initially with keyed bugles, serpents, bass horns, and other keyed brass instruments, changing to valved brass once these became available.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin serpent- ‘creeping’, from the verb serpere.

单词	serpent
释义	Definition of serpent in English: serpent noun ˈsəːp(ə)ntˈsərpənt 1literary A large snake. Example sentencesExamples He was participating in a rattlesnake roundup and forgot he'd put a serpent under his hat - the hat he was wearing. There was a large serpent coiled about in an offensive manner and hissing ominously. I was backing up as the monstrous serpent advanced on me. The rocks beneath were smooth and interlinked like the overlapping scales of a serpent. Sluggish, heavily polluted and evil smelling, it snaked through the borough like a poisonous serpent. Focusing intently on the object, he was relatively relieved to discover that it was a copper sphere with a serpent wrapped around it, not the grim skull that he expected to see. The doors to the club were made of smooth dark wood with two silver door handles shaped like serpents. Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads. When one hears the rattle of a serpent's tail, they flee the area from which it came. He pours libations at his father's tomb and a seven spiraled serpent slithers from the mound. Two-headed snakes are rare but not unheard of, and one recently found in Spain is giving scientists an opportunity to study how the anomaly affects the serpents' ability to hunt and mate. Because there, on the floor, like a coiled serpent, lies the cause of the problem. As he stepped back, his hand still outstretched, the serpent coiled around him and blended into his body. This story airs in the United States tonight on the National Geographic Channel's Five Days of Snakes - a series of programs about serpents, and the scientists and others who work with them. ‘If you were there when they were not taking up serpents, or even during other parts of a service where they did, it would be like many other Pentecostal groups,’ he explained. The serpent coiled, tensing to spring forth once more. The android girl stomped over to where the enormous serpent was sitting, determined to crush the bulky snake with her amazing strength. Hiding out in or near steamy rivers and swamps in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Paraguay and also on the island of Trinidad, these semiaquatic serpents are the largest snakes in the world. The serpent finished wrapping itself around him and began to constrict him. We saw monkeys swinging through the tree-tops and a long black serpent snaking menacingly over branches. 1.1 A biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20). Example sentencesExamples This great dragon, the serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, was defeated and thrown down to the earth, with his angels, now called demons. The story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent seemed a naïve myth. His reference to Eve and the Serpent is highly relevant. The woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I ate. One other slant on this whole thing is that some Gnostic sects believed the Serpent not to be a tempter, but to be a Redeemer. Interstingly enough, in the Haggadah, the Serpent in the garden is actually in charge of the other creatures of the garden, and walks upright, and has hands. Through him, as we have shown and as so many texts have indicated, God has destroyed the serpent and the angels and human beings who have grown like it. A saxophone represents the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, which should give jazz bands pause! And the serpent tempted Eve, 'Eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.' 1.2 A dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile. fire-breathing, flying serpents Example sentencesExamples It told the story of the Christian saint who not only fought off a fire-breathing serpent but also a Turkish knight. Storybook dragons and serpents may have a basis in reality. The winged serpents headed towards the monster and several managed to bite him before they were squashed between his giant hands. According to folklore, the lake is home to a giant serpent with extraordinary powers. The feathered serpent flew up into the air, his body glowing in a heavenly way. At the day of Ragnarok, Thor will kill this serpent but will die from its poison. The dragon and the serpent flew into the clouds and it started to rain heavily. A giant serpent shot from it and grabbed the captain in its mouth for an instant. The great serpent woke at once, squealing so loudly that the mountains shook. In Australia, the Aborigines associated a giant rainbow serpent with the creation of life, similar to the Aztec belief. Further legends state that the omphalos at Delphi stands upon the spot where Apollo killed the serpent Python, or upon the chasm through which the waters of Deucalion's flood drained away. Blaze formed a fireball in his hand and launched it at the giant serpent, but it was simply eaten by its right head. The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr. A colossal black serpent, with a dragon's head, wings, and legs, was twisted around itself like a giant knot. She told him to take the serpent's teeth and sow them in the ground. It's a snake-like serpent which came upon the landscape and created the rivers and streams and waterholes. It had dragons and serpents and chimeras and gryphons and other fun creatures that I wish existed. A quick check revealed that she was in the camp of the winged serpents. A column of water arose and formed into a great serpent, and the head of the serpent was that of a woman. In the original, Krishna lies sleeping on the twelve-headed demon serpent. 2A sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it. Synonyms traitor, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back-stabber, double-crosser, double-dealer, quisling, judas 3historical A bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys. Example sentencesExamples Brass bands began as military bands in the 19th century, initially with keyed bugles, serpents, bass horns, and other keyed brass instruments, changing to valved brass once these became available. An exception must be made for the occasions when the serpent is used to double the awesome Dies Irae at Requiem mass. Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin serpent- 'creeping', from the verb serpere. snake from Old English: Snakes take their name from the fact that they have no legs and crawl along the ground. The ancestor of snake is an ancient Germanic word that meant ‘to crawl or creep’. Serpent (Middle English) has a similar origin—it comes from Latin serpere, which also meant ‘to crawl or creep’. Yet another word with this original sense was Old English slink. You can describe a treacherous person as a snake in the grass, with the idea of a lurking danger. Snakes are associated with treachery not only in Genesis but in the 6th century bc fables of the Greek storyteller Aesop. In one of his stories a man finds a snake frozen with cold and puts it close to his chest to warm it up. As soon as the snake revives it bites him (see also viper). Before the 17th century the equivalent phrase had featured toads, which were at one time thought to be poisonous—a treacherous person was called a pad in the straw (pad is an old dialect word for a toad). The current expression may have originated from a Latin poem by the Roman poet Virgil. The children's game Snakes and Ladders, called in the USA Chutes and Ladders, was first played at the end of the 19th century. It may be based on an ancient Indian game called Moksha Patamu, which was used to teach children about the Hindu religion—the good squares allowed a player to go to a higher level of life, whereas the evil ‘snakes’ sent them back through reincarnation to lower tiers of life. Definition of serpent in US English: serpent nounˈsərpəntˈsərpənt 1literary A large snake. Example sentencesExamples He pours libations at his father's tomb and a seven spiraled serpent slithers from the mound. The doors to the club were made of smooth dark wood with two silver door handles shaped like serpents. Two-headed snakes are rare but not unheard of, and one recently found in Spain is giving scientists an opportunity to study how the anomaly affects the serpents' ability to hunt and mate. We saw monkeys swinging through the tree-tops and a long black serpent snaking menacingly over branches. The android girl stomped over to where the enormous serpent was sitting, determined to crush the bulky snake with her amazing strength. As he stepped back, his hand still outstretched, the serpent coiled around him and blended into his body. There was a large serpent coiled about in an offensive manner and hissing ominously. When one hears the rattle of a serpent's tail, they flee the area from which it came. Sluggish, heavily polluted and evil smelling, it snaked through the borough like a poisonous serpent. Hiding out in or near steamy rivers and swamps in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Paraguay and also on the island of Trinidad, these semiaquatic serpents are the largest snakes in the world. The serpent coiled, tensing to spring forth once more. The serpent finished wrapping itself around him and began to constrict him. I was backing up as the monstrous serpent advanced on me. Because there, on the floor, like a coiled serpent, lies the cause of the problem. Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads. He was participating in a rattlesnake roundup and forgot he'd put a serpent under his hat - the hat he was wearing. This story airs in the United States tonight on the National Geographic Channel's Five Days of Snakes - a series of programs about serpents, and the scientists and others who work with them. The rocks beneath were smooth and interlinked like the overlapping scales of a serpent. ‘If you were there when they were not taking up serpents, or even during other parts of a service where they did, it would be like many other Pentecostal groups,’ he explained. Focusing intently on the object, he was relatively relieved to discover that it was a copper sphere with a serpent wrapped around it, not the grim skull that he expected to see. 1.1the Serpent A biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20). Example sentencesExamples Interstingly enough, in the Haggadah, the Serpent in the garden is actually in charge of the other creatures of the garden, and walks upright, and has hands. One other slant on this whole thing is that some Gnostic sects believed the Serpent not to be a tempter, but to be a Redeemer. The woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I ate. The story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent seemed a naïve myth. A saxophone represents the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, which should give jazz bands pause! And the serpent tempted Eve, 'Eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.' Through him, as we have shown and as so many texts have indicated, God has destroyed the serpent and the angels and human beings who have grown like it. His reference to Eve and the Serpent is highly relevant. This great dragon, the serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, was defeated and thrown down to the earth, with his angels, now called demons. 1.2 A dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile. Example sentencesExamples In the original, Krishna lies sleeping on the twelve-headed demon serpent. A giant serpent shot from it and grabbed the captain in its mouth for an instant. Further legends state that the omphalos at Delphi stands upon the spot where Apollo killed the serpent Python, or upon the chasm through which the waters of Deucalion's flood drained away. In Australia, the Aborigines associated a giant rainbow serpent with the creation of life, similar to the Aztec belief. A quick check revealed that she was in the camp of the winged serpents. It told the story of the Christian saint who not only fought off a fire-breathing serpent but also a Turkish knight. The winged serpents headed towards the monster and several managed to bite him before they were squashed between his giant hands. The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr. Storybook dragons and serpents may have a basis in reality. It had dragons and serpents and chimeras and gryphons and other fun creatures that I wish existed. The dragon and the serpent flew into the clouds and it started to rain heavily. Blaze formed a fireball in his hand and launched it at the giant serpent, but it was simply eaten by its right head. The feathered serpent flew up into the air, his body glowing in a heavenly way. According to folklore, the lake is home to a giant serpent with extraordinary powers. A column of water arose and formed into a great serpent, and the head of the serpent was that of a woman. It's a snake-like serpent which came upon the landscape and created the rivers and streams and waterholes. At the day of Ragnarok, Thor will kill this serpent but will die from its poison. She told him to take the serpent's teeth and sow them in the ground. A colossal black serpent, with a dragon's head, wings, and legs, was twisted around itself like a giant knot. The great serpent woke at once, squealing so loudly that the mountains shook. 2A sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it. Synonyms traitor, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back-stabber, double-crosser, double-dealer, quisling, judas 3historical A bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys. It was played in military and church bands from the 17th to 19th centuries. Example sentencesExamples An exception must be made for the occasions when the serpent is used to double the awesome Dies Irae at Requiem mass. Brass bands began as military bands in the 19th century, initially with keyed bugles, serpents, bass horns, and other keyed brass instruments, changing to valved brass once these became available. Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin serpent- ‘creeping’, from the verb serpere.
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