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词汇 cobra
释义 cobra
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkəʊ.brə/ us /ˈkoʊ.brə/
a poisonous snake from Africa and southern Asia that makes itself look bigger and more threatening by spreading the skin at the back of its head眼镜蛇
 
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COBRA
noun
(alsoCobra)uk /ˈkəʊ.brə/ us /ˈkoʊ.brə/
abbreviation for Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms: a meeting room or rooms where an emergency committee(= official group) of the British government meets for urgent discussions, or the committee itself: 内阁办公室简报室(Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms的缩写)
He held talks with security chiefs in the Parliament's emergency briefing room, COBRA, about whether to close the subway network.他在议会紧急简报室与安全负责人就是否关闭地铁网络进行了会谈。
COBRA committeeChairing the emergency Cobra committee, the Health Secretary said: "It's crucial we prepare for things getting worse."
COBRA meetingMinisters broke off their holidays to hold an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the outbreak. 部长们中断假期,召开内阁办公室简报室紧急会议讨论疫情。
Banning football matches was discussed by the Cobra emergency response committee.
The COBRA meeting was told that terrorists had developed the capacity to assemble the bombs.
Ministers will take part in mock emergency Cobra meetings and local emergency services will test their response to a potential disaster.
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the CSA
the Foreign Office
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the Treasury

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Examples from literature

The cobra lives in old walls or heaps of stone and timber, under roots, or in dead trunks in the forest, in fact anywhere where he can find a sheltered hole. 
The cobra, for example, when disturbed, raises its immense hood in a most terrifying attitude! 
The needle was swaying like a cobra's head. 
The snake-charmer keeps all sorts of them, but chiefly cobras. 
When the charmer begins to play with a cobra he fixes his eyes on it and never removes them for a second. 

cobra | American Dictionary


cobra
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkoʊ·brə/
a poisonous snake from Africa or southern Asia that can make itself look bigger by spreading the skin at the back of its head

Examples of cobra


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This baby king cobra, you know.
Aponomma flavomaculatum is seen also on snakes, especially cobras and pythons.
As a large and highly venomous cobra, it is considered to be a very dangerous species.
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The species is the second longest venomous snake in the world, exceeded in length only by the king cobra.
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It appears to be that cobra venoms such as cobratoxin have an antiviral, immunomodultory and a neuromodulatory activity.
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The cobra roll was a first for inverted roller coasters.
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However, a few species (such as the king cobra) actually construct nests and stay in the vicinity of the hatchlings after incubation.
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King cobra, python, cobra, rat snake, viper and krait are among the snakes that inhabit the park.
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Legend had it that her soul was locked up in the southern room with a king cobra.
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He fell on the floor and stared at the cobra, stunned with fear.
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It is reputed to be one of two species (alongside the rinkhals) other than cobras known to spit venom.
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After the cobra roll, the riders go through a 360 degree helix over the entrance to the coaster.
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Other animals in the state include reptiles such as lizards, cobras, kraits, and gharials.
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Cobras are made with three telescoping segments of coilspring that can be collapsed into the handle.
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A third depicts a man facing off against a rising cobra and a fourth shows a man fighting a large animal.
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