ophidian的意思

ophidian

英式音标[o'fɪdɪən]
美式英标[ə(ʊ)'fɪdɪən; ɒ'fɪdɪən]

基本解释

adj. 蛇类的；蛇样的

n. 蛇

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.

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