English Dictionary

serpent

/ˈsɜːpənt/

noun

(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. / (figuratively) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

The serpent slithered through the grass.

意味（1）

(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

At last it came. `Dogs and serpents,' She began in a low voice that gradually gathered power as she went on, till the place rang with it. Eaters of human flesh, two things have ye done. First, ye have attacked these strangers, being white men, and would have slain their servant, and for that alone death is your reward.'

意味（3）

(music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

意味（4）

A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.