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ophidian的意思
ophidian
英 [()'fdn; 'fdn]
美 [o'fdn]
- adj. 蛇类的；蛇样的
- n. 蛇
英文词源
- ophidian (adj.)
- "pertaining to snakes," 1883, from Greek ophidion, diminutive of ophis "serpent" (see ophio-). Hence, ophiolatry "serpent-worship" (1862), and the 2c. sect of the Ophit, who revered the serpent as the symbol of divine wisdom.