英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
[1913 Webster]

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

{Fetich snake} (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python
Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.

{Ringed snake} (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix}).

{Snake eater}. (Zool.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.

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

{Snake fly} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.)
(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} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
genera.
[1913 Webster]


Snake \Snake\, v. i.
To crawl like a snake.
[1913 Webster]


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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]