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词汇 coachwhip
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Definition of coachwhip in English:

coachwhip

nounˈkəʊtʃwɪpˈkōCH(h)wip
  • 1A harmless fast-moving North American snake, whose scales form a pattern said to resemble a braided whip.

    鞭蛇

    Masticophis flagellum, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The habitat of the coachwhip includes deserts, grasslands, prairies, woodlands, and open areas.
    • The race of the coachwhip that occurs in Utah, the red racer, is limited to the southwestern corner of the state.
    • A highly irritated western coachwhip snake was coiled in the grass.
    • I spent a year down in Collins back in the early 1990s and was terrorized by one of those giant coachwhip snakes.
    • Rattlesnakes eat mostly rodents, but coachwhip snakes will climb trees or cactus to eat eggs from bird nests.
    • It is called a ‘coachwhip’ because the large scales on its long, slowly tapering tail, give it the appearance of a braided bullwhip.
    • The coachwhip is a nervous snake and may retreat into rocks or rodent burrows when threatened, but it is just as likely to approach an intruder hissing, striking, and possibly shaking its tail; it will bite if handled.
    • One spring day he was showing a group of school teachers through the wildlife reserve, when a seven-foot-long coachwhip snake came zipping across the path in front of the group.
  • 2Australian The whipbird.

Definition of coachwhip in US English:

coachwhip

(also coachwhip snake)
nounˈkōCH(h)wip
  • A harmless, fast-moving North American snake. The pattern of scales on its slender body is said to resemble a braided whip.

    鞭蛇

    Masticophis flagellum, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rattlesnakes eat mostly rodents, but coachwhip snakes will climb trees or cactus to eat eggs from bird nests.
    • One spring day he was showing a group of school teachers through the wildlife reserve, when a seven-foot-long coachwhip snake came zipping across the path in front of the group.
    • The habitat of the coachwhip includes deserts, grasslands, prairies, woodlands, and open areas.
    • The coachwhip is a nervous snake and may retreat into rocks or rodent burrows when threatened, but it is just as likely to approach an intruder hissing, striking, and possibly shaking its tail; it will bite if handled.
    • The race of the coachwhip that occurs in Utah, the red racer, is limited to the southwestern corner of the state.
    • It is called a ‘coachwhip’ because the large scales on its long, slowly tapering tail, give it the appearance of a braided bullwhip.
    • A highly irritated western coachwhip snake was coiled in the grass.
    • I spent a year down in Collins back in the early 1990s and was terrorized by one of those giant coachwhip snakes.
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