英语词汇“snake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	snake
释义	Trends of snake View usage for: snake (sneɪk) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense snakes, present participle snaking, past tense, past participle snaked 1. countable noun A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. Synonyms: serpent More Synonyms of snake 2. verb Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. [literary] The road snaked through forested mountains. [VERB preposition/adverb] The three-mile procession snaked its way through the richest streets of the capital. [VERB way preposition/adverb] Synonyms: wind, twist, curve, turn More Synonyms of snake snake in British English (sneɪk) noun 1. any reptile of the suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors (boas and pythons), and small harmless types such as the grass snake ▶ Related adjectives: colubrine, ophidian 2. Also called: snake in the grass a deceitful or treacherous person 3. anything resembling a snake in appearance or action 4. (in the European Union) a former system of managing a group of currencies by allowing the exchange rate of each of them only to fluctuate within narrow limits 5. a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains verb 6. (intransitive) to glide or move like a snake 7. (transitive) US to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it 8. (transitive) US (often foll by out) to pull jerkily 9. (transitive) to move in or follow (a sinuous course) Derived forms snakelike (ˈsnakeˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English snaca; related to Old Norse snākr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian snōk snail snake in American English (sneɪk) noun 1. any of a limbless suborder (Serpentes, order Squamata) of reptiles with an elongated, scaly body, lidless eyes, and a tapering tail: some species have a poisonous bite 2. a treacherous or deceitful person 3. a plumber's tool consisting of a long, flexible rod of spiraled wire for removing obstructions from pipes, etc. verb intransitiveWord forms: snaked or ˈsnaking 4. to move, curve, twist, or turn like a snake verb transitive 5. to clear obstructions from (a pipe, drain, etc.) by means of a snake (sense 3) 6. US, Informal to drag or pull, esp. lengthwise and with force 7. Informal to pull quickly Derived forms snakelike (ˈsnakeˌlike) adjective Word origin ME < OE snaca, akin to ON snakr, MLowG snake: for IE base see snail More idioms containing snake a snake in the grass snake oil COBUILD Collocations snake poisonous snake venomous snake Image of snake © Twin Design, shutterstock Examples of 'snake' in a sentence snake Thus the tentacles of an octopus are being compared with the body of a snake. Times, Sunday Times (2012) What it really is is the peddling of cultural snake oil. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They also saw white sea cucumbers curled like snakes around the mineral stacks. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The snake was moved and released in an area well away from the camp. The Sun (2015) Longer and longer grew the snake as security and police stood by. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Humans should all regard that large snake as their role model. Times, Sunday Times (2007) See a grass snake swimming in the back garden. Times, Sunday Times (2014) One woman reported a venomous western brown snake in her fridge. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Its main oddity is its ability to twist its head around and look like a snake. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It would be unfair to accuse them of selling snake oil. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The idea of a poisonous snake makes nature rather too close. Times, Sunday Times (2009) And not a snake, of course. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There were snakes and spiders, as well as an old leopard who would come by. Times, Sunday Times (2010) My mum said she didn't mind tortoises but drew the line at snakes. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Drive up the steep, snaking road and you find a modern resort. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Is it because both snakes and spiders move in a disturbingly counter-intuitive way? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Yes, there really are snakes two yards long in this country. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A small snake carved from marble curls nearby. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Then he turned around and saw his first mushroom cloud, snaking thin and beautiful up into the atmosphere behind him. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It is always wise in Westminster to keep an eye out for reptiles and snakes of all description, many of which are poisonous. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The first is for the main church, where there is no entry charge or laborious security, so the snake of people moves quickly. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I've learned that to get new ideas accepted, one needs to be as "shrewd as a snake and harmless as a dove. Christianity Today (2000) Word lists with snake related adjectives, reptile, tool In other languages snake British English: snake /sneɪk/ NOUN A snake is a long, thin reptile with no legs. American English: snake Arabic: ثُعْبَان Brazilian Portuguese: cobra Chinese: 蛇 Croatian: zmija Czech: had Danish: slange Dutch: slang European Spanish: serpiente Finnish: käärme French: serpent German: Schlange Tier Greek: φίδι Italian: serpente Japanese: ヘビ Korean: 뱀 Norwegian: slange krypdyr Polish: wąż European Portuguese: cobra Romanian: șarpe Russian: змея Latin American Spanish: serpiente Swedish: orm Thai: งู Turkish: yılan Ukrainian: змія Vietnamese: con rắn British English: snake VERB Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. The road snaked through forested mountains. American English: snake Brazilian Portuguese: serpentear Chinese: 蜿蜒行进 European Spanish: serpentear French: serpenter German: sich schlängeln Italian: snodarsi Japanese: くねって進む Korean: 꾸불꾸불 나아가다 European Portuguese: serpentear Latin American Spanish: serpentear All related terms of 'snake' fox snake a common, harmless rat snake ( Elaphe vulpina ), with a yellowish background color and dark blotches on the back mud snake a long, bluish-black colubrid snake ( Farancia abacura ) with a red belly , and a nonpoisonous spine at the tip of the tail, found in the SE U.S. rat snake any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating colubrid snakes , such as Elaphe obsoleta of North America and Ptyas mucosus of Asia sea snake any venomous snake of the family Hydrophiidae, of tropical seas, that swims by means of a laterally compressed oarlike tail snake fly any of various neuropterous insects of the family Raphidiidae, having an elongated thorax : order Megaloptera snake oil something which someone is trying to sell you or make you believe in when you think it is false and is not to be trusted snake pit a place characterized by chaos , mutual hostility , or extreme competitiveness blind snake any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes brown snake any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja bull snake any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis , typically having yellow and brown markings coral snake any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America , marked with red, black, yellow , and white transverse bands corn snake a large, harmless rat snake , Elaphe guttata guttata , of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan , or gray scales with dark-red blotches : once common in cornfields but now an endangered species glass snake any snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, of Europe, Asia , and North America, with vestigial hind limbs and a tail that breaks off easily : family Anguidae grass snake a harmless nonvenomous European colubrid snake , Natrix natrix, having a brownish-green body with variable markings green snake any of a genus ( Opheodrys ) of harmless , small and slender , green colubrid snakes of North America hoop snake any of various North American snakes , such as the mud snake ( Farancia abacura ), that were formerly thought to hold the tail in the mouth and roll along like a hoop king snake any nonvenomous North American colubrid snake of the genus Lampropeltis, feeding on other snakes, small mammals , etc milk snake a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes pine snake → bullsnake : term used along the E coast of the U.S. rock snake any large Australasian python of the genus Liasis snake dance a ceremonial dance, performed by the priests of the American Hopi people, in which live snakes are held in the mouth snake eyes in dice, a score in which each dice shows a one snake fence a fence made of rails interlocked in a zigzag pattern snake juice any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made snake plant → sansevieria Snake River a river in the northwestern US, rising in NW Wyoming and flowing west through Idaho , turning north as part of the border between Idaho and Oregon , and flowing west to the Columbia River near Pasco, Washington . Length: 1670 km (1038 miles) tiger snake a highly venomous brown-and-yellow elapid snake , Notechis scutatus, of Australia tree snake any of various slender arboreal colubrid snakes of the genera Chlorophis ( green tree snakes ), Chrysopelea ( golden tree snakes ), etc water snake any of various colubrid snakes that live in or near water, esp any of numerous harmless North American snakes of the genus Natrix, such as N. sipedon whip snake any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis ( horseshoe whipsnake ) of Eurasia worm snake any of a superfamily (Typhlopoidea) of wormlike, nonpoisonous snakes with vestigial eyes carpet snake a large nonvenomous Australian snake , Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back chicken snake → rat snake diamond snake a python , Morelia argus , of Australia and New Guinea , with yellow diamond-shaped markings garter snake any nonvenomous North American colubrid snake of the genus Thamnophis, typically marked with longitudinal stripes gopher snake → bullsnake hognose snake puff adder indigo snake a dark-blue nonvenomous North American colubrid snake , Drymarchon corais couperi smooth snake any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration snake charmer A snake charmer is a person who entertains people by controlling the behaviour of a snake, for example by playing music and causing the snake to rise out of a basket and drop back in again. snake doctor → dragonfly coachwhip snake a slender nonvenomous snake , Masticophis flagellum , of the US currency snake an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range harlequin snake the E American coral snake ( Micrurus fulvius ) poisonous snake A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. ringneck snake any of a genus ( Diadophis ) of small colubrid snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck , common throughout North America snake mackerel any slender spiny-finned fish of the family Gempylidae, of warm and tropical seas: similar and closely related to the scombroid fishes snake's head a European fritillary plant, Fritillaria meleagris, of damp meadows , having purple-and-white chequered flowers spitting snake a venomous elapid snake , Hemachatus hemachatus of southern Africa, which spits venom at its enemies from a distance venomous snake A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. Chinese translation of 'snake' snake (sneɪk) n (c) 蛇 (shé) (条(條), tiáo) vi (liter) to snake (through sth) 蜿蜒(穿过(過)某物) (wānyán (chuānguò mǒuwù)) (noun) in the sense of serpent Definition a long scaly limbless reptile He was caught with his pet snake in his pocket. Synonyms serpent the serpent in the Garden of Eden (verb) in the sense of wind Definition to glide or move in a winding course, like a snake The road snaked through the forested mountains. Synonyms wind The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside. twist The road twists and turns between pleasant little cottages. curve The track curved away below him. turn the corner where our street turns into the main road bend Bend the bar into a horseshoe. ramble meander The river meandered in lazy curves. deviate He didn't deviate from his schedule. zigzag related words related adjectives serpentineanguineophidiancolubrine related mania ophidiomania related phobia ophidiophobia see also subject word lists: See Reptiles Additional synonyms in the sense of bend Definition to form a curve Bend the bar into a horseshoe. Synonyms twist, turn, wind, lean, hook, bow, curve, arch, incline, arc, deflect, warp, buckle, coil, flex, stoop, veer, swerve, diverge, contort, inflect, incurvate in the sense of curve Definition to form into or move in a curve The track curved away below him. Synonyms bend, turn, wind, twist, bow, arch, snake, arc, coil, swerve in the sense of deviate Definition to depart from one's usual or previous behaviour He didn't deviate from his schedule. Synonyms differ, vary, depart, part, turn, bend, drift, wander, stray, veer, swerve, meander, diverge, digress, turn aside Synonyms of 'snake' snake Explore 'snake' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of meander Definition (of a river, road, etc.) to follow a winding course The river meandered in lazy curves. Synonyms wind, turn, snake, zigzag in the sense of ramble Definition to grow or develop in a random fashion Synonyms meander, wind, snake, twist and turn, zigzag in the sense of turn Definition (of a road, river, etc.) to have a bend or curve in it the corner where our street turns into the main road Synonyms bend, curve, meander, wind, twist, snake, loop, zigzag in the sense of twist Definition to follow a winding course The road twists and turns between pleasant little cottages. Synonyms wind, turn, bend, curve, snake, weave, worm, loop, swerve, meander, zigzag, corkscrew
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