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serpent

/sur-puhnt/US // ˈsɜr pənt //UK // (ˈsɜːpənt) //

蛇,蛇形,大蛇,蛇类

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a snake.
    • : a wily, treacherous, or malicious person.
    • : the Devil; Satan. Genesis 3:1–5.
    • : a firework that burns with a serpentine motion or flame.
    • : an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse tone.Compare ophicleide.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Serpens.

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Examples

  • Still we sped north, ever closer to the living, billowing serpent of smoke devouring the sky.

  • “I tell my colleagues, the serpent who bites your enemy today could bite you tomorrow,” Buck said.

  • They’re delightful, non-threatening, and non-fire-breathing — colorful serpents who fly, swim, and generally behave like wriggly pets.

  • Co-written and co-produced with Sampha and Lil Silva, serpent expresses love and gratitude for friends and the love they share.

  • She is flying uphill, toward the belly of the serpent, making it look easy.

  • In fact I wanted to call the novel “Sex with the Serpent Girl” but was overruled.

  • We are on the last leg of the walk, and beginning to lose hope of a serpent score.

  • Isbell's book is titled The Fruit, the Tree and the Serpent: Why We See So Well.

  • In response to the criticism, an Iraqi state-run newspaper published a poem calling Albright an “unparalleled serpent.”

  • He was Honour's self, till he brought the serpent to his bosom, in the shape of his perfidious son.

  • But all of this is in contradiction to the curses of Jahveh on the serpent, and on those to whom the serpent brought wisdom.

  • A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because nestled in the bosom of an honest hearted man.

  • He dreamt of a serpent coiling around his throat, and when he strove to grasp it the slimy thing glided away from his clutch.

  • For two years Corentin was attached to this strange girl as a serpent to a tree.