| 释义 |
webby, a.|ˈwɛbɪ|
[f. web n. + -y.]
1. Consisting of web; resembling web or a web.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 289 The Cæruleous [Spider] causeth a paine of heart, deep sleep and vomiting of a webby matter. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 596 They delight to..entangle the feeble in their webby filaments. 1854Lady Lytton Behind the Scenes I. i. iv. 124 His gloves were..of some webby elastic texture. 1904E. Nesbit Phœnix & Carpet x. 185 The big darn in the middle of the carpet was all open and webby like a fishing-net.
2. Of the digits: Furnished with a web, palmated. Also fig. of a person.
1807Crabbe Par. Reg. i. 381 Bats on their webby wings in darkness move. 1861G. H. K[ingsley] in F. Galton Vacation Tourists iv. 165, I am of so fishy and webby a nature, that I take to the water at once. 1895Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 2/1 If I have not pointed ears or webby fingers, [etc.]. |