serpent

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

serpents

1.
(literary)(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
Đồng nghĩa: backstabber, double-crosser, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant, renegade, serpent, snake, snake in the grass, swike, traitor, treacher, treacherer, treasonist, turntippet, withersake, wolf in sheep's clothing
3.
(music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
4.
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
5.
(mythology, fantasy) A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

serpents

V_ing/Gerund

serpenting

V_ed/pp

serpented

1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To wind or meander
2.
(obsolete, transitive)To encircle.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (snake, serpent), from Latin serpēns (snake), present active participle of serpere (to creep, crawl), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native nǣdre, whence Modern English adder.