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单词 viper
释义 viper
 —viperish,  adj.   —viperishly,  adv.  
 /vuy"peuhr/,  n.  
  1. any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, esp. V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
  2. any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, venom-conducting fangs.
  3. See pit viper.
  4. any of various venomous or supposedly venomous snakes.
  5. a malignant or spiteful person.
  6. a false or treacherous person.
  7. (cap.) Mil. a 9-pound (4 kg), shoulder-launched, unguided U.S. Army antitank rocket with an effective range of 273 yds. (250 m).
  8. to nourish a viper in one's bosom, to befriend a person who proves to be treacherous.
 [1520-30; < L vipera, haplological var. of *vivipera, n. use of fem. of *viviper, later (as re-formation) viviparus VIVIPAROUS]
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