serpent
英 ['sɜːp(ə)nt]
美['sɝpənt]
- n. 蛇（尤指大蛇或毒蛇）；狡猾的人
词态变化
复数: serpents;
助记提示
音似“蛇喷他”——能喷毒液的蛇——大毒蛇
中文词源
serpent 蛇
来自古法语 serpent,蛇，来自拉丁语 serpens,蛇，爬行生物，来自 serpere,爬行，来自 PIE*serp, 爬行，词源同 herpetology,herpes.
英英释意
- 1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- 2. a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
- 3. an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
英文词源
- serpent
- serpent: [14] The serpent is etymologically a ‘crawling’ animal. The word comes via Old French serpent from Latin serpēns, a noun use of the present participle of serpere ‘crawl, creep’. This was a close relative of Greek hérpein ‘creep’, from which English gets herpes [17] (etymologically the ‘creeping’ disease) and herpetology ‘study of reptiles’ [19].
=> herpes - serpent (n.)
- c. 1300, "limbless reptile," also the tempter in Gen. iii:1-5, from Old French serpent, sarpent "snake, serpent" (12c.), from Latin serpentem (nominative serpens) "snake; creeping thing," also the name of a constellation, from present participle of serpere "to creep," from PIE *serp- "to crawl, creep" (cognates: Sanskrit sarpati "creeps," sarpah "serpent;" Greek herpein "to creep," herpeton "serpent;" Albanian garper "serpent").
Used figuratively of things spiral or regularly sinuous, such as a type of musical instrument (1730). Serpent's tongue as figurative of venomous or stinging speech is from mistaken medieval notion that the serpent's tongue was its "sting." Serpent's tongue also was a name given to fossil shark's teeth (c. 1600).
实用场景例句
- He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes.
- 他感觉就像有一条蛇朝自己的双眼里喷射了毒液。
柯林斯例句
- The serpent fascinated its prey.
- 这条蛇震慑住了它要捕食的动物.
《简明英汉词典》
- There's a serpent beside him.
- 他身边有条大蛇.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't believe him, he is a serpent.
- 别相信他, 他是个狡猾的家伙.
《简明英汉词典》
- We have had a grand voyage and seen a sea - serpent.
- 我们的航行非常棒.我们看到了 海蛇.
英汉非文学 - 民俗
- These winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent.
- 这些曲曲折折的行为可说是蛇走路的方式.
辞典例句
- We must eat our fruit from the wily serpent's jaws.
- 我们必须从那条狡猾的蛇的嘴巴里去抢食果实.
辞典例句
- They believed that the serpent was capable of fascinating its prey.
- 他们相信蛇具备蛊惑猎物的能力.
辞典例句
- The javelin penetrated the serpent's scales and pierced through to his entrails.
- 长矛穿过鳞片刺入了蛇口的内脏.
辞典例句
- The serpent tempted Eve to pick the forbidden fruit.
- 那条毒蛇诱骗夏娃摘取了禁果.
辞典例句
- The forests adorn the earth - but shelter the serpent and the lion.
- 森林装饰着大地,但也隐藏着毒蛇和狮子.
辞典例句
- Serpent , we'll try our hand at a mark.
- 大蟒蛇, 我们得找个靶子,试试咱们的手气.
辞典例句
- He knows the wiles of the serpent.
- 他知道阴险毒辣的人的种种诡计.
辞典例句
- The serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing.
- 凡是有甜美的鸟歌唱的地方,都有毒蛇嘶嘶地叫.
辞典例句
- The Venetian gondola is as free and graceful in its gliding movement as a serpent.
- 威尼斯小艇划起来就象蟒蛇一样洒脱自在.
辞典例句