a terrestrial arachnid which has lobster-like pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over the back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas 蝎子
Order Scorpiones 蝎目 ■used in names of other arachnids and insects resembling a scorpion, e.g. false scorpion, water scorpion [用于其他似蝎子的蜘蛛类节肢动物和昆虫的名称中,如false scorpion, water scorpion] ■(the Scorpion)the zodiacal sign Scorpio or the constellation Scorpius 天蝎宫;天蝎星座 ■(scorpions)(poetic/literary)a whip with metal points (诗/文)多个金属头的鞭子
语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin scorpio(n-), based on Greek skorpios 'scorpion'