snake

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. snake [snake snakes snaked snaking] noun, verb BrE [sneɪk] NAmE [sneɪk]
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.

Word Origin:
Old English snaca, of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•A small green snake slithered across the wet road.
•He had a live snake draped over his shoulders.
•He keeps a pet snake that he lavishes with affection.
•I came to realize that he's just a snake in the grass.
•She was bitten by a snake while walking through long grass.
•The men sit like coiled snakes that are ready to strike.
•The snake lifted up its head before striking its prey.
•The snake wound its way through the undergrowth.
•one of the world's deadliest snakes

 
verb intransitive, transitive
to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves
Syn: ↑meander
•+ adv./prep. The road snaked away into the distance.
•~ its way + adv./prep. The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English snaca, of Germanic origin.
 
 
▪ II. a ˌsnake (in the ˈgrass) idiom
(disapproving)a person who pretends to be your friend but who cannot be trusted
Main entry: ↑snake_idiom

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Hydra, Snake, Snake River, snake in the grass, serpent, ophidian