snakelike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
    — I could, however, clearly distinguish that the swathed mummy-like form before me was that of a tall and lovely woman, instinct with beauty in every part, and also with a certain snake-like grace which I had never seen anything to equal before.
  2. Characteristic of or resembling a snake. figuratively
    — a snakelike forked tongue

词形变化

more snakelike comparative most snakelike superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
snakelikeness unsnakelike
相关词
anguine anguinous colubrine elapine ophidian serpentine serpentiginous

词源

Etymology tree
English snake
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English snakelike
From snake + -like.
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