serpent

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n. 巨蛇座, 蛇, 蛇形管, 狡猾的人

发音

UK /ˈsɜːpənt/
US /ˈsɝpənt/

词形变化

serpents 复数 serpents serpented serpenting serpents 三单 serpenting 现在分词 serpented 过去式 serpented 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

    文学
  2. 2.

    A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

    蛇

    比喻
  3. 3.

    An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

    蛇号

    音乐
  4. 4.

    A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

  5. 5.

    A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.

    宗教 神话 哲学
v.
  1. 1.

    To wind or meander

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To encircle.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

snake ophidian

上位词 6

horn trump trumpet firework cornet diapsid

下位词 7

viper constrictor blindsnake colubrid elapid sea snake worm snake

相关短语

serpent gourd serpent gourds serpent radish serpent radishes serpent star [网络] 蛇星 serpent stars serpent eagle serpent eagles serpent cucumber serpent cucumbers serpent seed sea serpent （传说中的）大海蛇; 皇带鱼 Old Serpent Pharaoh's serpent fiery serpent

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Latin serpō Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent.

来源：wiktionary