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blacksnake

/blak-sneyk/US // ˈblækˌsneɪk //UK // (ˈblækˌsneɪk) //

黑蛇,铁蛇,黑色的蛇,蛇蝎美人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called black racer. a blackish racer, Coluber constrictor subspecies, of the eastern U.S., that grows to a length of 6 feet.
    • : any of various other snakes of a black or very dark color.
    • : a heavy, tapering, flexible whip of braided cowhide or the like.

Examples

  • Anyway, I am going to cure her of the sleeping sickness, even if I have to invest in a blacksnake whip.

  • And the teamster pranced out and brandished his blacksnake whip menacingly.

  • With a couple of effortless bounds, the blackcat reached the trunk and slipped up it with the ease and speed of a blacksnake.

  • Born and reared in the rough timber-grown hills of Kentucky, he was as slim and active as a blacksnake.

  • Let us be strong, and punish the venomous Blacksnake, as we punished the big soldier long ago.