snake

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.snake¹ /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: snaca]

1. an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite:
A snake slithered across our path.
a poisonous/venomous snake
2. (also snake in the grass) informal someone who cannot be trusted
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COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
▪ a poisonous/venomous snake He warned me there were poisonous snakes in the region.
▪ a deadly snake It is the most deadly snake in India.
verbs
▪ a snake bites somebody I might get bitten by a snake.
▪ a snake hisses (=makes a noise which sounds like 'ssss') The snake hissed at him and opened its mouth.
▪ a snake slithers somewhere (=moves there) Just feet from me, a green snake slithered silently across the path.
▪ a snake coils itself around something The snake coiled itself around the branch.
II.snake² BrE AmE verb [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]
if a river, road, train, or line snakes somewhere, it moves in long twisting curves SYN wind
snake along/past/down etc
The road snaked along the valley far below.
The train was snaking its way through the mountains.

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snake
A snake is a reptile with a long, narrow body and no legs. It has skin with scales.

◎	[sneik]
※	danh từ
	■	con rắn
	〆	to see snakes
		✓	mê sảng rượu
	〆	Snakes!
		✓	ức quá!, cáu quá!
	〆	a snake in the grass
		✓	sự nguy hiểm ngầm; kẻ thù giấu mặt
	〆	to raise (wake) snakes
		✓	làm náo động; gây chuyện đánh nhau
	〆	to warm (cherish) a snake in one's bosom
		✓	nuôi ong tay áo
※	nội động từ
	■	trường như rắn, bò như rắn, uốn khúc
	〆	snake (its way) across, past, through
		✓	ngoằn ngoèo, quanh co, uốn khúc

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