addern. poisonous snake(It was an ancient super-stition that adders were deaf.) 毒蛇(古代迷信为耳聋)。 △2H.VI. 3.2.76:“What? Art thou,like the adder,waxen deaf?”怎么? 难道你像毒蛇一样,变聋了吗? △Ham.3. 4. 203:“Whom I will trust as I will addersfanged,”i.e. poisonous snakes with fangs. 对他们我只能当做有牙的毒蛇那样信任。 
a lurking adder adder宽蛇(Viperidae)蝰蛇科的几种毒蛇和眼镜蛇科的棘蛇的统称。尤指龙纹蝰(Vipera berus)。遍布欧亚大陆。体粗壮,长达80厘米,灰黑色,背部有“之”字形黑色条纹,两侧有黑色斑块。棘蛇(Acanthophis antarcticus)产于澳大利亚,形似蝰蛇,毒性强烈。 |