His snaky coils, with which he used to snare me, are exhausted—I am free.
他用来圈套我的蛇形线圈已经用完了——我自由了。
凯斯宾王子
And on the stones, peering in the twilight, Caspian saw strange characters and snaky patterns, and pictures in which the form of a Lion was repeated again and again.
借着昏暗的光线,凯斯宾看到石壁上刻着一些奇形怪状的文字和蛇形花纹,还有许多有关狮子的图画一再出现。
福尔摩斯探案集:新探案(下)
" I was struck by the snaky locks of grizzled hair which curled from under his old straw hat, and his face with its fierce, eager expression and the deeply lined features" .
“我被他那顶旧草帽下蜿蜒卷曲的花白头发,以及他那凶狠、急切的表情和深深的皱纹五官所震撼。”
白鲸记
With huge pronged poles they pitched hissing masses of blubber into the scalding pots, or stirred up the fires beneath, till the snaky flames darted, curling, out of the doors to catch them by the feet.