Definition

Noun: 1. Python: A large, non-venomous snake belonging to the family Pythonidae, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Pythons kill their prey by constriction. 2. Large snake: In general Vietnamese usage, it can refer to any large, non-venomous constrictor snake.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con trăn trong vườn thú rất lớn. (The python in the zoo is very large.)
  • Trăn thường săn mồi vào ban đêm. (Pythons usually hunt at night.)
  • Anh ấy sợ trăn. (He is afraid of pythons.)

Advanced Usage

• "nuôi trăn": to raise/keep pythons (often for skin, meat, or as pets).
  • Một số nông dân nuôi trăn để lấy da. (Some farmers raise pythons for their skin.)
• "da trăn": python skin.
  • Chiếc ví được làm từ da trăn. (The wallet is made from python skin.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trăn đất (n): Burmese python or Reticulated python (common names for large python species in Vietnam).
• Trăn gấm (n): Reticulated python (specifically referring to its patterned skin).
• Trăn nước (n): Anaconda (literally "water python").

Synonyms

• Rắn lớn (n): large snake (a general descriptive term, not a scientific synonym).
• Xà (n, literary): serpent (a more formal or literary word for snake).

Related Phrases

• "to như trăn": (simile) as big/thick as a python.
  • Con rắn đó to như trăn. (That snake is as thick as a python.)
• "nuốt như trăn": to swallow/consume something greedily and in large quantities (like a python).
  • Nó nuốt bữa tối như trăn. (He swallowed his dinner like a python.)

noun

1. python