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- a long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite.蛇。
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- Suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), order Squamata: many families.蛇亚目, 有鳞目：多科。
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- (in general use) a limbless lizard or amphibian统称无肢蜥蜴（或两栖动物）。
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- （亦作snake in the grass）a treacherous or deceitful person阴险的人, 奸诈的人：
that man is a cold-blooded snake.
那个人是冷血毒蛇。
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the snake
a former system of interconnected exchange rates for the currencies of EC countries蛇形浮动汇率制（指先前欧盟各国货币之间的一种汇率制度, 允许小幅度浮动）。
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- （全称plumber's snake）a long flexible wire for clearing obstacles in piping管道疏通器。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake蛇行, 蜿蜒行进, 曲折前进：
a rope snaked down.
一条绳索弯弯曲曲地垂下来。
派生词
snake-like
adjective词源
Old English snaca, of Germanic origin.