mamba

mamba — 名詞

1. a fast-moving African snake with very strong poison that lives in trees or rocky

1.名詞B2
釋義

曼巴蛇

非洲樹棲毒蛇,咬傷若未治療可致命

a fast-moving African snake with very strong poison that lives in trees or rocky places and whose bite can kill a person within hours if no medical treatment is given

例句

Wildlife guide Ife showed the tourists where a mamba was resting in a tree.

野生動物導覽員 Ife 向遊客指出一棵樹上有一條曼巴蛇正在休息。

collocation: wildlife guide / resting in a tree

The mamba can move faster than most people can run on uneven ground.

曼巴蛇移動的速度比大部分人在崎嶇地面上奔跑還要快。

文法句型

a / the mamba

mamba + verb (singular)

用法筆記

Often combined with a colour name — 'black mamba' and 'green mamba' refer to two different species, with the black mamba being the larger and more dangerous of the two.