serpent 音标拼音: [s'ɚpənt]
n . 蛇,蛇一般的人,狡猾的人
蛇,蛇一般的人,狡猾的人
serpent n 1 :
limbless scaly elongate reptile ;
some are venomous [
synonym :
{
snake }, {
serpent }, {
ophidian }]
2 :
a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited 3 :
an obsolete bass cornet ;
resembles a snake Serpent \
Ser "
pent \,
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
serpens , -
entis (
sc .
bestia ),
fr .
serpens ,
p .
pr .
of serpere to creep ;
akin to Gr . ???,
Skr .
sarp ,
and perhaps to L .
repere ,
E .
reptile .
Cf .
{
Herpes }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any reptile of the order Ophidia ;
a snake ,
especially a large snake .
See Illust .
under {
Ophidia }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The serpents are mostly long and slender ,
and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects ,
and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces .
Many species glide swiftly over the ground ,
some burrow in the earth ,
others live in trees .
A few are entirely aquatic ,
and swim rapidly .
See {
Ophidia },
and {
Fang }.
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fig .:
A subtle ,
treacherous ,
malicious person .
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3 .
A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground .
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4 . (
Astron .)
The constellation Serpens .
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5 . (
Mus .)
A bass wind instrument ,
of a loud and coarse tone ,
formerly much used in military bands ,
and sometimes introduced into the orchestra ; --
so called from its form .
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{
Pharaoh '
s serpent } (
Chem .),
mercuric sulphocyanate ,
a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from .
It is employed as a scientific toy .
{
Serpent cucumber } (
Bot .),
the long ,
slender ,
serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {
Trichosanthes colubrina };
also ,
the plant itself .
{
Serpent eage } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {
Circaetus }
and {
Spilornis },
which prey on serpents .
They inhabit Africa ,
Southern Europe ,
and India .
The European serpent eagle is {
Circaetus Gallicus }.
{
Serpent eater }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The secretary bird .
(
b )
An Asiatic antelope ;
the markhoor .
{
Serpent fish } (
Zool .),
a fish ({
Cepola rubescens })
with a long ,
thin ,
compressed body ,
and a band of red running lengthwise .
{
Serpent star } (
Zool .),
an ophiuran ;
a brittle star .
{
Serpent '
s tongue } (
Paleon .),
the fossil tooth of a shark ; --
so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root .
{
Serpent withe } (
Bot .),
a West Indian climbing plant ({
Aristolochia odoratissima }).
{
Tree serpent } (
Zool .),
any species of African serpents belonging to the family {
Dendrophidae }.
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Serpent \
Ser "
pent \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Serpented };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Serpenting }.]
To wind like a serpent ;
to crook about ;
to meander . [
R .] "
The serpenting of the Thames ." --
Evelyn .
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Serpent \
Ser "
pent \,
v .
t .
To wind ;
to encircle . [
R .] --
Evelyn .
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1913 Webster ]
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "
serpent ":
Apollyon ,
Beelzebub ,
Benedict Arnold ,
Brutus ,
Judas ,
Judas Iscariot ,
Lucifer ,
Old Nick ,
Old Scratch ,
Quisling ,
Satan ,
alpenhorn ,
alphorn ,
althorn ,
alto horn ,
animal ,
archtraitor ,
ballad horn ,
baritone ,
bass horn ,
beast ,
betrayer ,
brass choir ,
brass wind ,
brass -
wind instrument ,
brasses ,
bugle ,
bugle horn ,
clarion ,
cockatrice ,
conniver ,
conspirator ,
conspirer ,
cornet ,
cornet -
a -
pistons ,
corno di caccia ,
cornopean ,
cur ,
diablo ,
dog ,
double agent ,
double -
bell euphonium ,
double -
crosser ,
double -
dealer ,
euphonium ,
fiend ,
helicon ,
horn ,
hound ,
hunting horn ,
hyena ,
informer ,
insect ,
intrigant ,
intriguer ,
key trumpet ,
lituus ,
lur ,
machinator ,
mellophone ,
mongrel ,
ophicleide ,
ophidian ,
orchestral horn ,
pig ,
pit viper ,
plotter ,
pocket trumpet ,
polecat ,
post horn ,
quisling ,
rat ,
reptile ,
sackbut ,
saxhorn ,
saxtuba ,
schemer ,
sea snake ,
skunk ,
slide trombone ,
sliphorn ,
snake ,
sousaphone ,
swine ,
tenor tuba ,
timeserver ,
traitor ,
treasonist ,
trimmer ,
tromba ,
trombone ,
trumpet ,
tuba ,
turncoat ,
valve trombone ,
valve trumpet ,
varmint ,
vermin ,
viper ,
whelp ,
worm Serpent (
Heb .
nahash ;
Gr .
ophis ),
frequently noticed in Scripture .
More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia .
The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob '
s blessing on Dan (
Gen .
49 :
17 ;
see Prov .
30 :
18 ,
19 ;
James 3 :
7 ;
Jer .
8 :
17 ).
(
See {
ADDER }.)
This word is used symbolically of a deadly ,
subtle ,
malicious enemy (
Luke 10 :
19 ).
The serpent is first mentioned in connection with the history of the temptation and fall of our first parents (
Gen .
3 ).
It has been well remarked regarding this temptation : "
A real serpent was the agent of the temptation ,
as is plain from what is said of the natural characteristic of the serpent in the first verse of the chapter (
3 :
1 ),
and from the curse pronounced upon the animal itself .
But that Satan was the actual tempter ,
and that he used the serpent merely as his instrument ,
is evident (
1 )
from the nature of the transaction ;
for although the serpent may be the most subtle of all the beasts of the field ,
yet he has not the high intellectual faculties which the tempter here displayed . (
2 .)
In the New Testament it is both directly asserted and in various forms assumed that Satan seduced our first parents into sin (
John 8 :
44 ;
Rom .
16 :
20 ;
2 Cor .
11 :
3 ,
14 ;
Rev .
12 :
9 ;
20 :
2 )."
Hodge '
s System .
Theol .,
ii .
127 .
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