cobra: [19] Cobra is a shortening of Portuguese cobra de capella, which came into English in India in the 17th century. This meant literally ‘snake with a hood’: cobra from Latin colubra ‘snake’ and capella (referring of course to the ‘hood’ it makes when agitated, by spreading out the skin at the side of its head) from Vulgar Latin *cappellus ‘little cape’, from late Latin cappa ‘hood’. => cap, cape, chapel, chaperon
cobra (n.)
1802, short for cobra capello (1670s), from Portuguese cobra de capello "serpent (of the hood)," from Latin colubra "a snake, female serpent" (source of French couleuvre "adder"), which is of uncertain origin. So called for the expandable loose skin about its neck. The word came to English via Portuguese colonies in India, where the native name is nag (see naga).
雙語例句
1. The cobra sank its venomous fangs into his hand.
眼鏡蛇狠狠咬了他一口，毒牙刺進他手上的皮膚。
來自辭典例句
2. She shrieked at the sight of the cobra.
她一見到眼鏡蛇便尖叫起來.
來自辭典例句
3. The cobra was growing weaker and weaker. In a few more moments it would be dead.
那條眼鏡蛇越來越軟弱無力, 再過一會兒就要沒命了.
來自辭典例句
4. This cobra is not actually hypnotized by the snake - charmer's music.
這條眼鏡蛇并沒有真的被魔術(shù)師的音樂催眠.
來自電影對白
5. This red - spitting cobra projects venom towards its attacker's eyes.