单词 | cobwebbed |
释义 | cobwebbedadj. 1. Covered or hung with cobwebs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > cobwebbed cobwebbed1649 becobwebbed1788 cobwebby1859 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > resulting from neglect rusty-dusty1558 fusty1609 musty-fusty1857 cobwebbed1905 sleazy1941 tatty1956 1649 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 219 A cobwebb'd cot. a1844 T. Hood Turtles vi That cobwebb'd cellar, damp and dim. 1870 Echo 15 Dec. The doors of that hot little theatre..are closed and cobwebbed. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 333 Cobwebbed o'er amid the dust it lay. 1905 Nature 2 Nov. 12/1 The somewhat cobwebbed state of the higher education of this country. 1928 E. Blunden Retreat 33 With whom some cobwebbed boyish vow Once ended ‘never, never part’! 2. Botany. Covered with a thick interwoven pubescence; arachnoid. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > cobweb-like araneous1656 webbed1790 cobwebbed1828 arachnoid1857 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Martyn). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Cobwebbed, covered with loose, white, entangled, thin hairs, resembling the web of a spider. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1649 |
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