Viper
['vaɪpə] or ['vaɪpɚ]
解释:
(noun.) venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.
克莱尔手打--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae.
(a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
塞西莉亚校对
解释:
n. a genus of venomous snakes representative of family Viperid—the Common Viper or adder being the only poisonous snake indigenous to Britain: loosely any venomous serpent except a rattlesnake any cobriform serpent: any base malicious person.—adjs. Vī′perine related to or resembling the viper; Vī′perish like a viper; Vī′perous having the qualities of a viper: venomous: malignant.—adv. Vī′perously.—Viper's bugloss the blue weed or blue thistle; Viper's grass a European perennial of the aster family.
德斯蒙德录入
娱乐性解释：
To dream of a viper, foretells that calamities are threatening you. To dream that a many-hued viper, and capable of throwing itself into many pieces, or unjointing itself, attacks you, denotes that your enemies are bent on your ruin and will work unitedly, yet apart, to displace you.
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例句:
- Give my love to your aunt, George dear, and implore her not to curse the viper that has crossed your path and blighted your existence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The highest speed ever attained, however, is by the British torpedo boat Viper, which is 210 feet long, and, like the Turbinia, is equipped with the Parsons steam turbines. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I view you, sir, personally and politically, in no other light than as a most unparalleled and unmitigated viper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I consider you, sir,' said Mr. Pott, moved by this sarcasm, 'I consider you a viper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- A viper--a fiddlestick, said Miss Sharp to the old lady, almost fainting with astonishment. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- In a recent trial the Viper covered a measured mile at the rate of 37. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Well, it is a very ancient remedy--the old remedy of the viper-catchers, I believe, replied the doctor. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Jo glanced at the sheet and saw a pleasing illustration composed of a lunatic, a corpse, a villain, and a viper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I have nourished a viper in my bosom. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Then comes remorse, with all its vipers, mixed with vain regrets for the past, and despair for the future! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Yes, he continued, there are some vipers that you warm, and they sting you afterwards. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Some reptiles, some vipers for example, are viviparous, but none stand by their young as the real mammals do. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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