serpentine 音標拼音: [s'ɚpənt
, ɑɪn]
a . 蛇的,層層卷繞的,陰險的,迂回的
n . 蛇紋石,古時候大炮的一種
蛇的,層層卷繞的,陰險的,迂回的蛇紋石,古時候大炮的一種
serpentine adj 1 :
resembling a serpent in form ; "
a serpentine wall "; "
snaky ridges in the sand " [
synonym : {
serpentine }, {
snaky },
{
snakelike }]
Serpentine \
Ser "
pen *
tine \,
n . [
Cf . (
for sense 1 )
F .
serpentine ,
(
for sense 2 )
serpentin .]
1 . (
Min .)
A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia .
It is usually of an obscure green color ,
often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent '
s skin .
Precious ,
or noble ,
serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil -
green color .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration of other minerals ,
especially of chrysolite .
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2 . (
Ordnance )
A kind of ancient cannon .
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1913 Webster ]
Serpentine \
Ser "
pen *
tine \,
a . [
L .
serpentinus :
cf .
F .
serpentin .]
Resembling a serpent ;
having the shape or qualities of a serpent ;
subtle ;
winding or turning one way and the other ,
like a moving serpent ;
anfractuous ;
meandering ;
sinuous ;
zigzag ;
as ,
serpentine braid .
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1913 Webster ]
Thy shape Like his ,
and color serpentine . --
Milton .
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Serpentine \
Ser "
pen *
tine \,
v .
i .
To serpentize . [
R .] --
Lyttleton .
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1913 Webster ]
223 Moby Thesaurus words for "
serpentine ":
Byzantine ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
Mephistophelian ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
acute ,
affluent ,
ambagious ,
amphibian ,
anfractuous ,
anguiform ,
anguine ,
arch ,
artful ,
astute ,
bad ,
batrachian ,
bent ,
billowing ,
billowy ,
cagey ,
canny ,
circuitous ,
circumlocutory ,
clever ,
colubriform ,
complex ,
complicated ,
confluent ,
conniving ,
convoluted ,
convolutional ,
coursing ,
crafty ,
crawling ,
creeping ,
crocodilian ,
crooked ,
cunning ,
curvaceous ,
curvate ,
curvated ,
curve ,
curved ,
curvesome ,
curviform ,
curvilineal ,
curvilinear ,
curving ,
curvy ,
cute ,
deceitful ,
decurrent ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
defluent ,
demoniac ,
demonic ,
departing ,
designing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devilish ,
devious ,
diabolic ,
diabolical ,
diffluent ,
digressive ,
diplomatic ,
discursive ,
eellike ,
errant ,
erratic ,
evil ,
excursive ,
feline ,
flexuose ,
flexuous ,
flowing ,
fluent ,
fluxional ,
fluxive ,
foxy ,
froggy ,
geosynclinal ,
guileful ,
gulfy ,
gushing ,
incurvate ,
incurvated ,
incurved ,
incurving ,
indented ,
indirect ,
ingenious ,
insidious ,
inventive ,
involute ,
involuted ,
involutional ,
knowing ,
labyrinthine ,
lizardlike ,
lumbriciform ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
meandrous ,
notched ,
ophidian ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
pawky ,
planetary ,
plotting ,
politic ,
pouring ,
profluent ,
racing ,
rambling ,
ready ,
recurvate ,
recurvated ,
recurved ,
recurving ,
repent ,
reptant ,
reptile ,
reptilelike ,
reptilian ,
reptiliform ,
reptiloid ,
resourceful ,
rivose ,
rivulose ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
ruffled ,
running ,
rushing ,
satanic ,
saurian ,
saw -
toothed ,
sawtooth ,
scheming ,
scored ,
serpentiform ,
serpentile ,
serpentlike ,
serpentoid ,
serrate ,
serrated ,
serried ,
sharp ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
sinuate ,
sinuose ,
sinuous ,
slick ,
slippery ,
slithering ,
sluggish ,
sly ,
smooth ,
snake -
shaped ,
snakelike ,
snaking ,
snaky ,
sneaky ,
sophistical ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
stray ,
streaming ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
supple ,
surging ,
surgy ,
swerving ,
tactical ,
tidal ,
toadish ,
toothed ,
torsional ,
tortile ,
tortuous ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
turning ,
twisting ,
twisty ,
undirected ,
undulant ,
unhallowed ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
vermicular ,
vermiculate ,
vermiform ,
viperiform ,
viperish ,
viperlike ,
viperoid ,
viperous ,
vipery ,
vortical ,
vulpine ,
wandering ,
wary ,
wavy ,
whorled ,
wily ,
winding ,
wormlike ,
wreathlike ,
wreathy ,
zigzag
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