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snake
英 [sneɪk]美 [snek]
n. 蛇；陰險的人
vi. 迂迴前進
vt. 拉（木材等）；迂迴前進
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中文詞源
snake 蛇
來自古英語 snaca,蛇，來自 Proto-Germanic*snakon,蛇，來自 PIE*sneg,爬，蜷縮，詞源同 snail,sneak.
英語詞源
snake
snake: [OE] The snake, like the serpent (and indeed the snail) is etymologically the ‘crawling’ animal. Along with Swedish snok and Danish snog, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic base denoting ‘crawl’, which also produced English snail and German dialect schnaacken ‘crawl’.
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snake (n.)
Old English snaca, from Proto-Germanic *snakon (cognates: Old Norse snakr "snake," Swedish snok, German Schnake "ring snake"), from PIE root *sneg- "to crawl, creeping thing" (cognates: Old Irish snaighim "to creep," Lithuanian snake "snail," Old High German snahhan "to creep"). In Modern English, gradually replacing serpent in popular use.
Traditionally applied to the British serpent, as distinguished from the poisonous adder. Meaning "treacherous person" first recorded 1580s (compare Old Church Slavonic gadu "reptile," gadinu "foul, hateful"). Applied from 17c. to various snake-like devices and appliances. Snakes! as an exclamation is from 1839.
Snake eyes in crap-shooting sense is from 1919. Snake-bitten "unlucky" is sports slang from 1957, from a literal sense, perhaps suggesting one doomed by being poisoned. The game of Snakes and Ladders is attested from 1907. Snake charmer is from 1813. Snake pit is from 1883, as a supposed primitive test of truth or courage; figurative sense is from 1941. Phrase snake in the grass is from Virgil's Latet anguis in herba [Ecl. III:93].
snake (v.)
1650s, "to twist or wind (hair) into the form of a snake," from snake (n.). The intransitive sense of "to move like a snake" is attested from 1848; that of "to wind or twist like a snake" (of roads, etc.) is from 1875. Related: Snaked; snaking.
權威例句
1. The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.
蛇蜥其實不是蛇，而是無腳的蜥蜴。
2. I haven'tthe faintest idea how to care for a snake.
我對養蛇一無所知。
3. The snake coiled up, ready to strike.
那條蛇盤繞起來準備攻擊。
4. a snake's poison glands
蛇的毒腺
5. The snake slithered away as we approached.
我們一走近，蛇就爬走了。
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