serpent
发音
英 [ˈsɜ:pənt]
美 [ˈsɜrpənt]
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- n.
- 蛇
- 狡猾的人
单词词源
serpent 蛇
来自古法语 serpent,蛇，来自拉丁语 serpens,蛇，爬行生物，来自 serpere,爬行，来自 PIE*serp, 爬行，词源同 herpetology,herpes.
双语例句
- 1. And that serpent is a symbol for both the creative and destructive forces of nature .
- 彩虹蛇象征着大自然创造性和破坏性的力量。
- 2. This time , the anonymous photographer appears to have set up his tripod on the river bank , and captures the terrifying serpent ( this time resembling a length of rolled up carpet ) stretched across the width of the river .
- 这一次，我们这位匿名的摄像师似乎是把三脚架架在了河岸上，捕捉到了这只可怖的大蛇（这一回它看上去像一条卷起来的长地毯）横躺在河道当中的情景。
- 3. Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish , may have nothing but serpents to give .
- 有些人，你要的是鱼却给你的是蛇，这些人除了给你蛇之外，真没别的可给了。
- 4. Last summer , the city asked a design agency to come up with ways to incorporate a serpent motif .
- 去年夏季，香港要求一家设计公司想办法纳入蛇的主题。
- 5. During the equinoxes , shadows cast by the railings create the illusion of a writhing serpent body , descending the northern steps where it joins the carved serpent 's head at the base of the stairway .
- 在春秋分，栏杆的阴影会创造蛇的身体颤抖的幻觉，它会与北部楼梯雕刻的蛇头会合。