boa constrictor
boa constrictor — 名詞
1. a large heavy-bodied snake of Central and South America that captures its food b
蚺蛇
以身體纏繞獵物使其窒息的大蛇
a large heavy-bodied snake of Central and South America that captures its food by coiling around the prey and tightening its grip with each exhale
At the wildlife centre, Yael watched a boa constrictor coil around a branch near the river.
在野生動物中心，Yael 看著一條蚺蛇將身體纏繞在河邊的樹枝上。
coil + its body + around [object]
A boa constrictor near Manaus felt the agouti's heartbeat slow and loosened its coil.
在巴西馬瑙斯市的河岸附近，一條蚺蛇感覺到自己抓到的刺豚鼠心跳變慢後，便鬆開了身體。
loosens its coil when it senses the prey has stopped struggling
Sumin shone a torch at a boa constrictor and said it suffocates, not crushes, its prey.
夜間導覽時，Sumin 用手電筒照著一條蚺蛇，並說明牠是讓獵物窒息而死，而非壓碎骨頭。
In the rainforest, a boa constrictor waits on a branch and strikes when prey passes below.
在雨林中，蚺蛇等在樹枝上，等到有獵物從下方經過時才攻擊。
- boa
shorter everyday form used in casual speech and pet-keeping contexts
- constrictor
used in scientific writing and zoology to emphasise the squeezing method of killing
2. the non-venomous snake species with light brown skin and darker band-shaped mark
紅尾蚺
有深色斑紋的無毒大型蛇類
the non-venomous snake species with light brown skin and darker band-shaped markings, commonly kept in captivity, that grows to over three metres in length
The pet shop had a young boa constrictor with light brown scales and dark patterns.
這家寵物店裡有一條年幼的紅尾蚺，身上有淺棕色鱗片和深色斑紋。
light brown scales + dark saddle-shaped patterns — physical appearance
A team from São Paulo tagged a boa constrictor in Brazil and tracked it for six weeks.
來自聖保羅大學的一個團隊在巴西森林中為一條紅尾蚺裝上追蹤器，並追蹤了牠六週的動向。
research context: tagged and tracked by a university team
Zookeepers cleaned the glass enclosure where the boa constrictor rested under a heat lamp.
動物管理員清理了紅尾蚺休息用的玻璃飼養箱，箱裡有一盞保溫燈。
Wildlife researchers warned that the boa constrictor population is shrinking because of deforestation.
野生動物研究人員警告說，紅尾蚺的數量因森林砍伐而正在減少。
- red-tailed boa
a common name for the same species, based on the reddish colour at the tip of the tail