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- of or like a serpent or snake蛇的, 蛇形的：
serpentine coils.
蛇形线圈。
1.1
- winding and twisting like a snake蜿蜒的：
serpentine country lanes.
蜿蜒的乡间小路。
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- complex, cunning, or treacherous复杂的; 狡猾的; 奸诈的：
his charm was too subtle and serpentine for me.
他的魅力对我来说太微妙, 太复杂。
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- mass noun a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin蛇纹石。
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- a thing in the shape of a winding curve or line, in particular蛇形之物; 蜿蜒之物, 尤指：
2.1
the Serpentine
a winding lake in Hyde Park, London, constructed in 1730蛇形湖（位于伦敦海德公园中, 建于1730年）。
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- a riding exercise consisting of a series of half-circles made alternately to right and left（骑术的）蜿蜒跑动训练。
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- historical a kind of cannon, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries〈史〉（尤指15至16世纪使用的）一种加农炮。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- move or lie in a winding path or line蜿蜒前进; 蛇形排列：
fresh tyre tracks serpentined back towards the hopper.
轮胎印出的新车辙向后蜿蜒指向底卸式车。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin serpentinus （see SERPENT）.