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A python is a very big snake that lives in hot parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. It does not kill with poison. It winds its long body around an animal and squeezes until the animal cannot breathe, then swallows it whole — sometimes something as large as a pig or a deer. Some kinds grow longer than a car; a few are among the longest snakes on earth.
A python蟒蛇 is a very big snake that lives in hot parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia是一種生活在非洲、亞洲、澳洲炎熱地區的大蛇。It它 does not kill with poison不是用毒殺死獵物的。It它 winds its long body around an animal and squeezes until the animal cannot breathe會用長長的身體纏住動物、勒到牠不能呼吸, then swallows it whole然後整隻吞下去 — sometimes something as large as a pig or a deer有時候吞的東西大到像豬或鹿。Some kinds有些種類 grow longer than a car長度比車子還長; a few有少數 are among the longest snakes on earth是地球上最長的蛇之一
People do keep smaller kinds as pets, though actually even a 'small' python is still heavy and strong and needs a lot of space.
People有人 do keep smaller kinds as pets確實會養比較小的種類當寵物, though actually不過其實 even a 'small' python就算是「小型」蟒蛇 is still heavy and strong and needs a lot of space也還是又重又壯，需要很大的空間
In films the word is often just shorthand for 'huge crushing snake.' The name comes from a giant in old Greek stories, killed by the god Apollo at a place once called Pytho (later Delphi); that place-name is tied to a Greek word meaning to rot.
In films在電影裡 the word這個字 is often just shorthand for 'huge crushing snake.'常常只是「巨大絞殺蛇」的簡稱。The name這個名字 comes from a giant serpent in old Greek stories源自古希臘故事裡一條巨大的蛇, killed by the god Apollo at a place once called Pytho (later Delphi)被阿波羅神在一個叫 Pytho（後來的 Delphi）的地方殺死; that place-name這個地名 is tied to a Greek word meaning to rot跟一個希臘字「腐爛」有關
The computer language Python is a different story altogether: it was named after the British comedy group Monty Python, not after this snake, even though the letters are the same.
The computer language Python程式語言 Python is a different story altogether完全是另一回事: it它 was named after the British comedy group Monty Python是以英國喜劇團體 Monty Python 命名的, not after this snake不是因為這條蛇, even though the letters are the same雖然拼字一模一樣
組成From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Pythonname/ˈpaɪθən/
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human-sciencesmysticismmythologyThe earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
- Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python, and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the Python, suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
- It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python coiled round the omphalos.[…]Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.⁴¹³ Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
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computer-languagescomputingengineeringAn interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
Pythonnoun/ˈpaɪθən/
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informalAny member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
- John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons.
- Its cast included eventual co-Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor and embryo Pythons Graham Chapman and John Cleese.
pythonnoun/ˈpaɪθən/
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biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
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vulgarslangA penis.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。