Rattlesnake
['ræt(ə)lsneɪk] or ['rætlsnek]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken.
校對:雷明顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
整理:弗娜
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. Our prostrate brother Homo ventrambulans.
格温多林手打
例句/造句/用法:
- He was a prim-faced, red-nosed man, with a long, thin countenance, and a semi-rattlesnake sort of eye--rather sharp, but decidedly bad. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And looking for a nice pair of rattlesnakes, to articulate for a Museum--when I was doomed to fall in with her and deal with her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
錄入:厄普顿