1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
同義詞:serpent, ophidian
2. a deceitful or treacherous person
同義詞:snake in the grass
3. a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
同義詞:Snake River
4. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
同義詞:Hydra
5. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
動詞snake:
1. move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
2. form a snake-like pattern
3. move along a winding path
- 習慣用語
- a snake in one's bosom 恩將仇報 [背信棄義]的人
- a snake in the grass 隱患, 暗藏的敵人; 虛偽的朋友
- be above snake [美]活著, 生存著
- black snake 黑蛇 [美]長皮鞭
- Great snakes! 啊呀! 天哪!
- have snakes (in one's boots) [美俚]爛醉如泥, 患震顫性酒狂病[譫妄]
- poor snake 窮人 乾苦活的人
- raise [wake] snakes 無故驚擾人, 製造恐怖
- scotch the snake (not kill it) 刺傷了蛇身(卻沒有把它殺死); 使暫時不能為害(仍留有後患)
- see snakes 喝醉酒, 患震顫性酒狂病[譫妄]
- warm [cherish, nourish] a snake in one's bosom 養虎遺患, 施恩於忘恩負義的人