English Dictionary

snake

/ˈsneɪk/

noun

A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. / A treacherous person; a rat. / (Ireland, UK) Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.

I saw a snake in the garden.

意味（1）

A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.

意味（2）

A treacherous person; a rat.

Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.

意味（3）

(Ireland, UK) Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.

意味（4）

A tool for unclogging plumbing.

意味（5）

A tool to aid cable pulling.

意味（6）

(Australia) A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.

意味（7）

(slang) Trouser snake; the penis.

意味（8）

(mathematics) A series of Bézier curves.

意味（9）

(cartomancy) The seventh Lenormand card.

意味（10）

(MLE, MTE) An informer; a rat.

Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.

意味（11）

(finance, historical) Short for snake in the tunnel.

The snake failed to provide an anchor for currency stability and, through it, disinflation.