- asp
[asp 词源字典]
- asp: see aspic
[asp etymology, asp origin, 英语词源] - asp (n.)
- poisonous snake, 1520s, earlier aspis (mid-14c.), from Old French aspe "asp" (13c.) or directly from Latin aspidem (nominative aspis), from Greek aspis "an asp, Egyptian viper," literally "shield;" the serpent so called probably in reference to its neck hood.