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viper

noun
🔊/ˈvaɪpə(r)/
🔊/ˈvaɪpər/
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  1. a small poisonous snake蝰蛇（一种小毒蛇）Topics Animalsc2
  2. (formal) a person who harms other people毒如蛇蝎的人；险恶的人
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French vipère or Latin vipera, from vivus ‘alive’ + parere ‘bring forth’.