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单词 snakelike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
snake /sneɪk/USA pronunciation   n., v., snaked, snak•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Reptilesa scaly reptile with a long thin body that has no arms or legs:Some snakes have a poisonous bite.
  2. a treacherous person.
  3. Building(in plumbing) a flexible, wirelike device for loosening anything stuck in curved pipes.

v. 
  1. to move, twist, or wind in the manner of a snake:[no object]The road snakes among the mountains.
  2. to wind or make (one's course, etc.) like a snake:[+ object]She snaked her way through the crowd.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
snake  (snāk),USA pronunciation n., v., snaked, snak•ing. 
n. 
  1. Reptilesany of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
  2. a treacherous person;
    an insidious enemy. Cf. snake in the grass. 
  3. Building
    • Also called auger, plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
    • Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.

v.i. 
  1. to move, twist, or wind:The road snakes among the mountains.

v.t. 
  1. to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake:to snake one's way through a crowd.
  2. to drag or haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English (noun, nominal); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
snakelike′, adj. 

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