单词 | spuugslang |
释义 | ‖ spuugslang S. Afr.|ˈspyːxslaŋ| Also spoew-, spoog-, spug-, spuw-, etc. [Afrikaans spuugslang, spoegslang, f. spu(ug), spoe(g) to spit + slang snake.] = ringhals.
1789W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 165 The Spoog Slang, or Spitting Snake. 1812A. Plumptre tr. Lichtenstein's Trav. S. Afr. I. i. vii. 95 A very rare sort of serpent, called here the spugslang (the spurting snake)..is from three to four feet long, of a black colour, and..when attacked it will spurt out its venom. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 299/1 It shares with the cobra a third Dutch name, that of ‘spuw slang’ (spitting snake). 1923Kipling Land & Sea Tales 34 He gave us half-a-crown for a spuugh-slange—a kind of snake. 1931R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World xiii. 172 Another name [for the ringhals] is Spoew-slang, applied from the reptile's ‘spitting’ its poison. |

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