| 词汇 | serpentine |
| 释义 | serpentine adjective literaryuk /ˈsɜː.pən.taɪn/ us /ˈsɝː.pən.taɪn/ curving and twisting like a snake: 像蛇一样卷曲的;蜿蜒的 We followed the serpentine course of the river.我们沿着弯弯曲曲的河道走。 complicated and difficult to understand: 复杂难懂的；曲折的 The film's serpentine plot was difficult to follow.电影曲折的情节让人难以理解。 Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distorted distortion entwine flex flexion swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complexity Difficult to understand Examples of serpentineserpentine The alternation of b-strand and bend segments produces a ' b-serpentine ' conformation for the peptide backbone. He was a frequent contributor to scientific journals, writing on the crystalline limestones, the origin of continents, the chemistry of the primeval earth, on serpentines, etc. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The vegetation of ultramafic (serpentine) soils. The ecology of serpentine soils. If that threat was delivered today, it carried all the serpentine terror of attack by slow-worm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main thing to keep remembering, when we next confront these serpentine negotiators, is not to let faith, hope and rhetoric run off with our wits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The serpentine early track often has a reddish orange frass stain that occasionally zigzags from side to side. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Accessory and alteration minerals include hornblende, biotite, apatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, serpentine, chlorite, and calcite. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A 5-loop serpentine was introduced, to be ridden at the canter, both with flying lead changes and with counter-canter loops. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Birbhum is known not only for its red soil and the shallow serpentine rivers ridden with sand islands, but also for the notable poets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mine is linear, very long, irregularly curved, sometimes serpentine and transparently whitish in appearance, without any trace of frass. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The plant grows in chaparral, scrub, and other local plant communities, often on serpentine soils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A major, consistent chemical feature of serpentine soil is a bioavailable calcium:magnesium ratio much less than 1. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Common features of the stream terrace are friable serpentine soils that are stable, not eroding, and not prone to frost heave. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Crosscutting veins are mainly mineralized by serpentine minerals (like cross fibers of chrysotile) and magnetite. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of serpentine These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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