mamban.

Brit.

/ˈmambə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑmbə/

Forms: 1800s mampa, 1800s momba, 1800s– mamba.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa imamba, Zulu imamba.

Etymology: < Xhosa imamba and its cognate Zulu imamba green or black mamba. Cognates in many Bantu languages, e.g. Kongo mámba, Swahili mamba, Bemba imamba, etc. Compare French mamba (1847 or earlier).

Any of several large, venomous, semi-arboreal snakes of the tropical African genus Dendroaspis (family Elapidae), esp. D. angusticeps (see green mamba n. at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(b)) and D. polylepis (see black mamba n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(c)).

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mamba1859

green mamba1862

1859 D. Leslie in Glasgow Herald 14 Feb. 6/2 I stepped over a ‘Mampa’, a black one, about a yard long.

1862 J. S. Dobie Jrnl. 16 Oct. in S. Afr. Jrnl. (1945) 44 He called it a green mamba and was about 9 feet long.

1878 P. Gillmore Great Thirst Land xxix. 346 A black mamba—a description of snake common in Natal, and reported to be very deadly.

1897 J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. iii. 23 The black momba, which is nearly as large as a rattlesnake, is a dangerous creature.

1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 80 A black mamba might appear out of the tangle.

1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 62 With the bite of a mamba or a ringhals the heart sometimes beat even after life had gone.

1958 Listener 23 Jan. 154/1 Black mambas..have the unattractive habit of lurking in trees and dropping down on to the unwary.

1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. v. 191 The deadly mambas (Dendroaspis) have fangs which are relatively a little shorter and thinner than those of the average cobra.

1984 D. DeLillo White Noise (1985) iii. xxxv. 267 The mamba happens to be the fastest-moving land snake in the world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mamba
释义	mamban. Brit. /ˈmambə/, U.S. /ˈmɑmbə/ Forms: 1800s mampa, 1800s momba, 1800s– mamba. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa imamba, Zulu imamba. Etymology: < Xhosa imamba and its cognate Zulu imamba green or black mamba. Cognates in many Bantu languages, e.g. Kongo mámba, Swahili mamba, Bemba imamba, etc. Compare French mamba (1847 or earlier). Any of several large, venomous, semi-arboreal snakes of the tropical African genus Dendroaspis (family Elapidae), esp. D. angusticeps (see green mamba n. at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(b)) and D. polylepis (see black mamba n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(c)). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > dendraspis angusticeps (mamba) mamba1859 green mamba1862 1859 D. Leslie in Glasgow Herald 14 Feb. 6/2 I stepped over a ‘Mampa’, a black one, about a yard long. 1862 J. S. Dobie Jrnl. 16 Oct. in S. Afr. Jrnl. (1945) 44 He called it a green mamba and was about 9 feet long. 1878 P. Gillmore Great Thirst Land xxix. 346 A black mamba—a description of snake common in Natal, and reported to be very deadly. 1897 J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. iii. 23 The black momba, which is nearly as large as a rattlesnake, is a dangerous creature. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 80 A black mamba might appear out of the tangle. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 62 With the bite of a mamba or a ringhals the heart sometimes beat even after life had gone. 1958 Listener 23 Jan. 154/1 Black mambas..have the unattractive habit of lurking in trees and dropping down on to the unwary. 1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. v. 191 The deadly mambas (Dendroaspis) have fangs which are relatively a little shorter and thinner than those of the average cobra. 1984 D. DeLillo White Noise (1985) iii. xxxv. 267 The mamba happens to be the fastest-moving land snake in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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