snake
US: /ˈsneɪk/
UK: /snˈeɪk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
snake /sneik/- danh từ
- con rắn
- người nham hiểm nhẫn tâm
- to see snakes
- mê sảng rượu
- Snakes!
- ức quá!, cáu quá!
- a snake in the grass
- sự nguy hiểm ngầm; kẻ thù bí mật
- to raise (wake) snakes
- làm náo động; gây chuyện đánh nhau
- to warm (cherish) a snake in one's bosom
- nuôi ong tay áo
- nội động từ
- ngoằn ngoèo, quanh co, uốn khúc
- ngoằn ngoèo, quanh co, uốn khúc
- ngoại động từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) kéo mạnh, giật
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. There are many types of snake, some of which are poisonous: a snake coiled up in the grass + Venomous snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered.
Idioms: a snake (in the grass) (disapproving) a person who pretends to be your friend but who cannot be trusted
+ verb [+adv./prep.] (written) to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves: [V] The road snaked away into the distance. + [VN] The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper:
A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist.
2 snake in the grass, traitor, turncoat, Judas, quisling, betrayer, double-crosser, informer, rat, US Benedict Arnold, Slang chiefly US and Canadian fink, ratfink:
Eventually they caught the snake who was giving away their plans to the enemy.
v.
3 slither, glide, creep, crawl, worm:
To avoid being seen, he snaked along on his stomach for a few yards
4 twist, wind, curve, bend, turn, zigzag, worm, wander, loop, crook, meander:
The road snakes through the jungle for 50 miles or more.
Collocation
ADJ.
deadly
one of the world'sdeadliest snakes
| poisonous, venomous | grass, sea, tree, water
SNAKE + VERB
bite sb/sth, strike sth
She was bitten by a snake while walking through long grass. The snake lifted up its head before striking its prey.
| slide, slither, wind (its way)
A small green snake slithered across the wet road. The snake wound its way through the undergrowth.
| hiss, spit | moult, shed its skin | coil (itself) around, coil up, curl up | uncoil
SNAKE + NOUN
bite
(also
snakebite) | charmer | venom
Concise dictionary
snakes|snaked|snakingsneɪknoun
+limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
+a deceitful or treacherous person
+a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
+a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
+something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
verb
+move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
+form a snake-like pattern
+move along a winding path
