ophidian
英 [ə(ʊ)'fɪdɪən; ɒ'fɪdɪən]
美[o'fɪdɪən]
- adj. 蛇类的；蛇样的
- n. 蛇
英英释义
- 1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
英文词源
- ophidian (adj.)
- "pertaining to snakes," 1883, from Greek ophidion, diminutive of ophis "serpent" (see ophio-). Hence, ophiolatry "serpent-worship" (1862), and the 2c. sect of the Ophitæ, who revered the serpent as the symbol of divine wisdom.