The venetian gondola is as free and graceful in its gliding movement as a serpent . 威尼斯小艇划起来就象蟒蛇一样洒脱自在。
In the cave lurked a horrid serpent with a crested head and scales glittering like gold . 洞穴里盘踞着一条恶蛇，它的头冠和身上的鳞片象金子似地熠熠发光。
A man estranged from his wife is convinced that he has a live serpent inside him which perpetual gnaws at him . 一个和妻子疏远的男人相信体内有一条活蛇常常在咬他。
The serpent was not their master, the grave was not their resting-place, the earth was not their home . 毒蛇不是他们的主人，坟墓不是他们的安息之地，尘世也不是他们的家园。
It was highly likely that the serpent of sin that nosed about the chambers of my heart was lashed to hunger by hymns as well as dream . 很可能探听我内心世界的那条孽蛇被圣歌和幻想刺激得产生欲望了。
The serpent attempted to draw out the weapon with his mouth, but broke it off, leaving the iron point rankling in his flesh . 大蛇想用牙齿去拔那长矛，但只是把矛咬断了，铁矛尖扎在肉里更加疼痛难熬。
Under his good-nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent in a bank of flowers . 在他的温和仪表，他的老成练达，他的生活阅历下，都隐藏着他的自私自利，就象在遍地鲜花中隐藏着一条毒蛇。
The fairy palaces burst into illumination, before pale morning showed the monstrous serpents of smoke trailing themselves over coketown . 在一个灰蒙蒙的早晨，在一条条象巨蟒一样的浓烟笼罩着焦煤镇之前，那些“童话中的宫殿”已经灯火辉煌了。
The serpent tempted eve to pick the forbidden fruit 那条毒蛇诱骗夏娃摘取了禁果。
