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蛇,陰險之人曲折而行迂回,拉,急抽

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
   sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
   whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.

   Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
         larger number are harmless to man.

   {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
   {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
      {Blind}, {Garter}, etc.

   {Fetich snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
      Seb[ae]}) used by the natives as a fetich.

   {Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
      ({Tropidonotus natrix}).

   {Snake eater}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The markhoor.
   (b) The secretary bird.

   {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]

   {Snake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
      called because of their large head and elongated neck and
      prothorax.

   {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
      anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
      that of the serpent cucumber.

   {Snake killer}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The secretary bird.
   (b) The chaparral cock.

   {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
      clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.

   {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
      ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
      resembles a snake coiled up.

   {Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
      especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
      genera.

Snake \Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Snaking}.]
   1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with
      out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.

   2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a
      smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces
      between the strands of the large one; to worm.

Snake \Snake\, v. i.
   To crawl like a snake.

資料來源 : WordNet®

snake
     n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: {serpent},
           {ophidian}]
     2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: {snake in the grass}]
     3: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and
        flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark
        Expedition [syn: {Snake River}]
     4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
        the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: {Hydra}]
     5: something resembling a snake

snake
     v 1: move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
     2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the
        valley"
     3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the
        jungle"