英语词汇“black、snake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

black-snake

释义

black-snake
1. A name given to several dark-coloured snakes; as in U.S. to the Coluber constrictor and C. Alleghaniensis; in Jamaica to the Natrix atra.
1688J. Clayton Virginia in Phil. Trans. XVIII. 135 The Black Snake, is the largest I think.1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 462 The black snake..able to fascinate birds.1883Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/1 None of my venomous acquaintances..black-snake, whip-snake, coral-snake, or viper.
2. U.S. A long whip-lash. Also attrib.
1864J. Fisk Exped. Rocky Mts. 5 A ‘black snake’..brought him on his legs.1883Harper's Mag. Mar. 495/1 The..drivers trudged beside them..cracking huge ‘black-snakes’ at the animals.1901S. E. White Westerners xxxiv. 310 He snapped the lash of his black-snake whip.
Hence ˈblacksnake v. trans., to flog with a black-snake whip.
1870‘Mark Twain’ in Galaxy Dec. 878/2, I lay I'll black⁓snake you within an inch of your life!

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