In old European stories, a basilisk is an imaginary snake-like monster. People said it was so dangerous that if it looked at you, you died. Some tales also gave it poison breath.

In old European stories在古老的歐洲故事裡， a basilisk is an imaginary snake-like monsterbasilisk是一種想像出來的蛇形怪物。 People said it was so dangerous人們說牠危險到 that if it looked at you, you died只要看你一眼，你就會死。 Some tales also gave it poison breath有些故事還說牠會吐毒氣。

Storytellers treated it as a kind of king of snakes, which is why a “king” sits inside the name. You will meet the word in legends, fantasy books, and games, not in real nature — there is no such animal.

Storytellers treated it as a kind of king of snakes說故事的人把牠當成某種蛇中之王， which is why a “king” sits inside the name這也是為什麼這個字裡面藏著「king」。 You will meet the word in legends, fantasy books, and games你會在傳說、奇幻小說和遊戲裡遇到這個字， not in real nature而不是在真實的大自然裡—— there is no such animal並沒有這種動物。

The tidy picture is a snake with a deadly stare; the messy truth is that the stories probably grew from real cobras. Some cobras have marks on the head that look a little like a crown, and some can spit venom toward the eyes from far away. That would feel, to someone watching, like a look that can kill.

The tidy picture is a snake with a deadly stare簡單的畫面是一條眼神致命的蛇； the messy truth is that the stories probably grew from real cobras複雜一點的真相是，這些故事很可能是從真正的眼鏡蛇演變出來的。 Some cobras have marks on the head that look a little like a crown有些眼鏡蛇頭上有花紋，看起來有點像王冠， and some can spit venom toward the eyes from far away有些甚至能從遠處把毒液噴向眼睛。 That would feel, to someone watching對旁觀的人來說， like a look that can kill那感覺就像是一眼就能致命。

People sometimes stretch the word for any idea that “hurts you if you even look at it,” but this entry is the creature in the stories.

People sometimes stretch the word for any idea that “hurts you if you even look at it,”人們有時候會把這個字延伸用在任何「連看一眼都會受傷」的東西上， but this entry is the creature in the stories但這個詞條講的是故事裡的那個怪物本身。