constrictor

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For example, all species have a two-part Latin name, such as Boa constrictor or Homo sapiens.
比如，所有物種的名字都由兩部分拉丁文組成，像蟒蛇（Boa constrictor）或智人（Homo sapiens）。
In these cases the “constrictor” and “sapiens” is the species name and “Boa” and “Homo” the genus name.
“constrictor”和“sapiens”是種類名，而“Boa”和“Homo”是屬類名。
Unconsciously, an angry Harry makes the glass separating Dudley from a boa constrictor disappear.
一次，哈利和他粗俗無(wú)禮的表兄達(dá)利去參觀動(dòng)物園，達(dá)利揮拳向哈利的肋骨處猛擊，憤怒的哈利在無(wú)意中施法讓隔離達(dá)利與蟒蛇的玻璃消失了。

Instead, the computer played this very quiet move that constrained all of Kasparov's pieces, sucking the life out of his position like a boa constrictor.
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Ever since Britain surrendered the Crown Colony to the PRC in 1997, Beijing has, like a boa constrictor, inexorably tightened its grip on the people of Hong Kong.
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(SNAKE) any snake that kills animals and birds by wrapping itself around them and crushing them
(MUSCLE) a muscle that makes a part of the body narrower

any of various nonvenomous snakes, such as the pythons, boas, and anaconda, that coil around and squeeze their prey to kill it