Definition

1. Noun:
   • Water snake, grass snake: A non-venomous snake species commonly found in or near water bodies.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi thấy một con rắn nước bơi dưới mương. (I saw a water snake swimming in the ditch.)
  • Rắn nước thường ăn ếch nhái và cá nhỏ. (Water snakes often eat frogs and small fish.)
  • Đừng sợ, đó chỉ là rắn nước, nó không có độc. (Don't be afraid, it's just a grass snake; it's not venomous.)

Advanced Usage

• "rắn nước thường": common water snake.

  • Rắn nước thường là loài phổ biến ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. (The common water snake is a prevalent species in the Mekong Delta.)

• "rắn nước độc": This is a contradictory phrase as "rắn nước" is defined as non-venomous. It might be used in a comparative or mistaken identity context.

  • Đó không phải rắn nước độc đâu, nó là rắn hổ mang đấy! (That's not a poisonous water snake; it's a cobra!)

Variants and Related Words

• Họ Rắn nước (Natrix): The scientific genus name for many water snake species.
• Rắn: General term for snake.
• Rắn hổ mang: Cobra (venomous).
• Rắn ráo: Rat snake (often non-venomous, terrestrial).

Synonyms

• Serpent d'eau: (French) Water snake.
• Couleuvre: (French) Grass snake, colubrid (a family of mostly non-venomous snakes).
• Natrix: The scientific genus name.

Related Phrases

• Bắt rắn nước: To catch a water snake.

  • Trẻ con trong làng thích ra đồng bắt rắn nước. (The village children like to go to the fields to catch water snakes.)

• Hang rắn nước: Water snake's den/burrow.

  • Chúng tôi tình cờ phát hiện một hang rắn nước bên bờ ao. (We accidentally discovered a water snake's burrow by the pond edge.)

Related Idioms

• Hiền như rắn nước: (As gentle as a water snake) - Used to describe someone who appears gentle or harmless. Note: This idiom plays on the non-venomous nature of the water snake.
  • Anh ấy trông hiền như rắn nước, nhưng tính cách rất quyết đoán. (He looks as gentle as a water snake, but his personality is very decisive.)

1. Water - snake, grass - snake