An anaconda is a very large snake from South America. It does not kill with poison.

An anaconda is a very large snake from South America是一種來自南美洲的超大型蛇類。It does not kill with poison牠不是靠毒液殺死獵物。

It wraps its strong body around an animal and holds on until the animal cannot breathe. The green anaconda is one of the heaviest snakes in the world, and it spends a lot of time in rivers and wet forest, not only on dry land.

It wraps its strong body around an animal牠會用強壯的身體纏住獵物 and holds on until the animal cannot breathe一直纏著，直到獵物無法呼吸。The green anaconda is one of the heaviest snakes in the world綠森蚺是世界上最重的蛇之一, and it spends a lot of time in rivers and wet forest而且大部分時間都待在河流和潮濕的森林裡, not only on dry land不只是在陸地上。

People sometimes say anaconda for any giant snake they see in a film, but strictly it is this South American snake, not the pythons of Asia and Africa — though in everyday talk the two get mixed all the time.

People sometimes say anaconda for any giant snake they see in a film人們有時候會把電影裡看到的任何巨蛇都叫做 anaconda, but strictly it is this South American snake但嚴格來說牠專指這種南美洲的蛇, not the pythons of Asia and Africa不是亞洲和非洲的蟒蛇 — though in everyday talk the two get mixed all the time不過在日常對話裡，這兩種常常被混在一起講。

Though actually, the name itself is a bit of a mess: it first pointed at a snake in Sri Lanka, and only later stuck to the South American one. Scholars do not all agree where the word came from, so nobody should pretend this origin is tidy.

Though actually不過話說回來, the name itself is a bit of a mess這個名字本身其實有點亂: it first pointed at a snake in Sri Lanka它一開始指的是斯里蘭卡的一種蛇, and only later stuck to the South American one後來才變成專指南美洲的這種蛇。Scholars do not all agree where the word came from學者們對這個字的來源並沒有一致的看法, so nobody should pretend this origin is tidy所以沒有人應該假裝這個字源很清楚整齊。