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scorpion

noun
🔊/ˈskɔːpiən/
🔊/ˈskɔːrpiən/
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  1. a small creature like an insect with eight legs, two front claws (= curved and pointed arms) and a long tail that curves over its back and can give a poisonous sting. Scorpions live in hot countries.蝎子
    • Being stung by a scorpion is extremely dangerous.被蝎子叮咬是非常危险的。
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScorpion is used before these nouns:
    • sting
    • venom
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin scorpio(n-), based on Greek skorpios ‘scorpion’.