English Dictionary

adder

/ˈædɚ/

noun

(obsolete) Any snake. / (chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera / The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis). / (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders

The adder slithered through the grass.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Any snake.

CALIBAN: His spirits hear me, / And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch / Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire, / Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark / Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but / For every trifle are they set upon me, / Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which / Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount / Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I / All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues / Do hiss me into madness

意味（2）

(chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera

Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder, which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.

意味（3）

The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).

意味（4）

(US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders

意味（5）

Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders

意味（6）

A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).