snake是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 蛇，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The band for the arm to go through was of silver, on which there was a writhing snake of cyanus with three heads that sprang from a single neck, and went in and out among one another.
-- While they were busy stripping the armour from these heroes, the youths who were led on by Polydamas and Hec-tor (and these were the greater part and the most valiant of those that were trying to break through the wall and fire the ships) were still standing by the trench, uncertain what they should do; for they had seen a sign from heaven when they had essayed to cross it a soaring eagle that flew skirt-ing the left wing of their host, with a monstrous blood-red snake in its talons still alive and struggling to escape.
-- The snake was still bent on revenge, wriggling and twisting it-self backwards till it struck the bird that held it, on the neck and breast; whereon the bird being in pain, let it fall, drop-ping it into the middle of the host, and then flew down the wind with a sharp cry.
-- The Trojans were struck with ter-ror when they saw the snake, portent of aegis-bearing Jove, writhing in the midst of them, and Polydamas went up to Hector and said, 'Hector, at our councils of war you are ever given to rebuke me, even when I speak wisely, as though it were not well, forsooth, that one of the people should cross your will either in the field or at the council board; you would have them support you always: nevertheless I will say what I think will be best; let us not now go on to fight the Danaans at their ships, for I know what will happen if this soaring eagle which skirted the left wing of our host with a monstrous blood-red snake in its talons (the snake being still alive) was really sent as an omen to the Trojans on their essaying to cross the trench.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I am now teach-ing him the Master Words of the Jungle that shall protect him with the birds and the Snake People, and all that hunt on four feet, except his own pack.
-- Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, be-cause neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him.
-- That happened to be the least ruined of any, and the big snake was delayed awhile before he could find a way up the stones.
-- 'I saw no more than a big snake making foolish circles till the dark came.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And while he did this he kept looking about and watching what came into his view: at one moment he picked a wild berry and ate it or offered it to Levin, then he flung away a twig with the blade of the scythe, then he looked at a quail's nest, from which the bird flew just under the scythe, or caught a snake that crossed his path, and lifting it on the scythe as though on a fork showed it to Levin and threw it away.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The black snake of wounded vanity had been gnawing at his heart all night.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'When my Em'ly took flight,' he said, in stern wrath for themoment, 'from the house wheer she was made a pris'ner by thattheer spotted snake as Mas'r Davy see- and his story's trew, andmay GOD confound him!- she took flight in the night.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 209THE WHITE SNAKE long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his Awisdom through all the land.
-- When he had carefully locked the door, he lifted up the cover, and saw a white snake lying on the dish.
-- Eating the snake had given him power of understanding the language of animals.
-- Now the white snake was an enchanted princess; and she was very glad to see him, and said, 'Are you at last come to set me free?
-- The boy placed himself by the brink of the well, and often saw a golden fish or a golden snake show itself therein, and took care that nothing fell in.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But soon the end of the beast approached nearer and nearer; his movements slackened visibly; his contortions almost ceased; and at last the body of the mighty snake lay an inert, dead mass on the surface of the now calm and placid waters.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Do you think I don't know what a broken-backed snake that's been trodden on I was myself!'
-- 'You're not that now: a bro-ken-backed snake that's been trodden on.'
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was barefooted, and the snake bit him right on the heel.
-- That all comes of my being such a fool as to not remem-ber that wherever you leave a dead snake its mate always comes there and curls around it.
-- His foot swelled up pretty big, and so did his leg; but by and by the drunk begun to come, and so I judged he was all right; but I'd druther been bit with a snake than pap's whisky.
-- I says: 'What do we want of a moat when we're going to snake him out from under the cabin?'
-- Snake take 'n bite Jim's chin off, den WHAH is de glory?
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