cobra

Word family adjectivecobriccobriformnouncobra

Related topics: Animals

co·bra /ˈkəʊbrə $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [countableC]

HBAa poisonous African or Asian snake that can spread the skin of its neck to make itself look bigger 眼镜蛇

Examples from the Corpus

cobra• Miss McFawn could stare down a cobra.• Its poised, out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra, a white cobra.• Being in this school is like being in a cage with a cobra.• The next foliage to watch for, Lamb predicts, will be ferns and cobra leaves.• I saw a king cobra over there.• Holly's hand moved, the lightning strike of the cobra.• At Byblos she was a serpent-goddess whose cobra symbolized the eye of wisdom.

COBRAn (also COBR) //

nan abbreviation of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A. It can either refer to these offices or to the Civil Contingencies Committee which meets there.

Origin cobra

(1800-1900) Portuguese cobra (de capello) “snake with a hood”, from Latin colubra “snake”

词汇	cobra
释义	cobra Word family adjectivecobriccobriformnouncobra Related topics: Animals co·bra /ˈkəʊbrə $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [countableC] HBAa poisonous African or Asian snake that can spread the skin of its neck to make itself look bigger 眼镜蛇 Examples from the Corpus cobra• Miss McFawn could stare down a cobra.• Its poised, out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra, a white cobra.• Being in this school is like being in a cage with a cobra.• The next foliage to watch for, Lamb predicts, will be ferns and cobra leaves.• I saw a king cobra over there.• Holly's hand moved, the lightning strike of the cobra.• At Byblos she was a serpent-goddess whose cobra symbolized the eye of wisdom. COBRAn (also COBR) // nan abbreviation of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A. It can either refer to these offices or to the Civil Contingencies Committee which meets there. Origin cobra (1800-1900) Portuguese cobra (de capello) “snake with a hood”, from Latin colubra “snake”
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