nectar
n[U]
1 sweet liquid produced by flowers and collected by bees for making honey 花蜜.
2 (in Greek and Roman mythology) the drink of the gods (希腊和罗马神话中的)神的饮品
(fig 比喻) On a hot summer day a long cool drink is like nectar. 在炎热的夏天喝一通冷饮如获琼浆玉液. Cf 参看 ambrosia.
Snakes did not acquire their poison for use against man but for use against prey such as rats and mice, and the effects on these of viperine poison is almost immediate.