snake through/across/along sth
表示道路、河流等蜿蜒延伸，后接表示路径的介词短语。
The narrow path snakes through the forest.
这条窄路蜿蜒穿过森林。
蜿蜒前行；曲折行进
snaked — past of snake
用疏通器清理管道；螺旋缠绕；缠绕；蜿蜒行进；用管道疏通器清理；螺旋缠绕,如用小绳缠绕大绳,或用绳索填充大绳的缝隙；缠绕
to move or follow a winding path
蜿蜒行进
To follow or move in a winding route.
用管道疏通器清理
To clean using a plumbing snake.
螺旋缠绕,如用小绳缠绕大绳,或用绳索填充大绳的缝隙；缠绕
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
一般现在时
The path snakes through the forest.
这条小路蜿蜒穿过森林。
一般过去时
The road snaked down the mountain.
这条路蜿蜒下山。
现在进行时
The river is snaking through the valley.
这条河正蜿蜒流过山谷。
动词 snake 表示蜿蜒移动或用管道疏通器疏通，规则变化。
The narrow path snaked through the dense forest.
这条狭窄的小路蜿蜒穿过茂密的森林。
用法提示：snake 作动词，表示道路弯弯曲曲地延伸。
We watched the river snake gently across the wide valley.
我们看着河流蜿蜒平缓地流过宽阔的山谷。
用法提示：snake 作动词，描述河流曲折流动的样子。
The long line of visitors snaked around the museum entrance.
长长的游客队伍绕着博物馆入口蜿蜒曲折。
用法提示：snake 作动词，表示人群队伍弯弯曲曲地排列。
表示道路、河流等蜿蜒延伸，后接表示路径的介词短语。
The narrow path snakes through the forest.
这条窄路蜿蜒穿过森林。
用 its way 强调缓慢而曲折地行进。
The river snakes its way across the plain.
那条河蜿蜒流过平原。
此义为及物动词，宾语通常是管道、下水道等。
A plumber came to snake the blocked drain.
一名水管工来用疏通器清理堵塞的下水道。
表示螺旋状缠绕某物，后接 around 或 round。
Thick vines snaked around the old tree trunk.
粗壮的藤蔓缠绕着老树干。
grammar · medium
易错句子The river snakes the valley.
正确表达The river snakes through the valley.
snake 表示“蜿蜒行进”时是不及物动词，后面不能直接接地点名词作宾语；要表达“穿过某地”必须加介词 through（也可用 across、along 等），所以应是 snakes through the valley。
grammar · medium
易错句子We drove along a snake mountain road.
正确表达We drove along a snaking mountain road.
英语不能用名词 snake 直接修饰名词来表示“蛇形的、蜿蜒的”；这里要用动词 snake 的现在分词 snaking 作定语（也可用 winding），因此是 a snaking mountain road。
grammar · medium
易错句子The mountain road is snaked through the forest.
正确表达The mountain road snakes through the forest.
snake 表示“蜿蜒”时是不及物动词，不能用于被动语态 is snaked；路是自己“蜿蜒穿过”森林，用主动语态 snakes through 即可。
蜿蜒穿过
The river snakes through the valley.
那条河蜿蜒穿过山谷。
蜿蜒前行；曲折延伸
A narrow path snakes its way through the forest.
一条狭窄的小路蜿蜒穿过森林。
沿着……蜿蜒延伸
The road snakes along the river.
这条路沿着河蜿蜒延伸。
蜿蜒绕过；蜿蜒环绕
A long queue snaked around the corner.
长长的队伍蜿蜒绕过街角。
蜿蜒上升
Smoke snaked up from the chimney.
烟从烟囱里蜿蜒升起。
用疏通器疏通下水道
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He snaked the drain to clear the blockage.
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