单词 | serpent |
释义 | serpent /serr"peuhnt/, n. 1. a snake. 2. a wily, treacherous, or malicious person. 3. the Devil; Satan. Gen. 3:1-5. 4. a firework that burns with serpentine motion or flame. 5. an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse tone. Cf. ophicleide. 6. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Serpens. [1250-1300; ME ( < MF) < L serpent-, s. of serpens; see SERPENS] |
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