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Serpent

['sɜːp(ə)nt] or ['sɝpənt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake.

(noun.) a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited.

錄入:凯思琳--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

(n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

(n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

(n.) The constellation Serpens.

(n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.

(v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.

(v. t.) To wind; to encircle.

整理:康拉德

同義詞及近義詞:

n. Snake.

卡尔文校對

解釋/意思:

n. any member of the genus Ophidia more popularly known as snakes—any reptile without feet which moves by means of its ribs and scales: a snake: a person treacherous or malicious: one of the constellations in the northern hemisphere: (mus.) a bass musical wind-instrument entirely obsolete except in a few Continental churches a tapered leather-covered wooden tube 8 feet long twisted about like a serpent.—v.i. to wind along: to meander.—v.t. to girdle as with the coils of a serpent.—ns. Serpentā′ria the Virginia snakeroot; Serpentā′rius the secretary-birds: the constellation Ophiuchus; Ser′pent-charm′er one who charms or has power over serpents; Ser′pent-charm′ing the art of charming or governing serpents; Ser′pent-cū′cumber a long-fruited variety of the musk-melon; Ser′pent-dē′ity the god of the Ophites Abraxas; Ser′pent-eat′er the secretary-bird: a wild goat in India and Cashmere; Ser′penteau an iron circle with spikes to which squibs are attached used in a breach.—n.pl. Serpent′es the second order of the third class of limbless reptiles.—ns. Ser′pent-fish the snake-fish; Ser′pent-grass the alpine bistort.—adjs. Serpent′iform ophidian in structure: snake-like; Ser′pentine resembling a serpent: winding tortuous: spiral: crooked.—n. a kind of firework: a 16th-cent. form of cannon: a mineral composed of silica and manganese generally occurring massive colour some shade of green also red and brownish-yellow.—v.i. to wind or wriggle like a serpent.—adv. Ser′pentinely.—adjs. Serpentin′ic Ser′pentinous.—adv. Serpentī′ningly with a serpentine motion.—v.t. Ser′pentinise to convert into serpentine.—v.i. Ser′pentise to wind: meander.—adj. Ser′pent-like like a serpent.—ns. Ser′pent-liz′ard a lizard of the genus Seps; Ser′pent-moss a greenhouse plant from the West Indies; Ser′pentry serpentine motion: a place infested by serpents: serpents collectively; Ser′pent-star a brittle star; Ser′pent-stone snake-stone adder-stone; Ser′pent's-tongue the adder's-tongue fern; Ser′pent-tur′tle an enaliosaur; Ser′pent-withe a twining plant of tropical America; Ser′pent-wood an East Indian shrub; Ser′pent-wor′ship one of the most ancient and widespread forms of primitive religion and still existing amongst many savage peoples; Sea′-ser′pent (see Sea).—Serpentine verse a verse which begins and ends with the same word.—The old serpent Satan.

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娱乐性解釋/意思:

To dream of serpents, is indicative of cultivated morbidity and depressed surroundings. There is usually a disappointment after this dream. See Snakes and Reptiles.

錄入:沃尔特

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校對:韦恩

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