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单词 cobwebbed
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cobwebbedadj.

Etymology: < cobweb n. or cobweb v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcobwebbed.
1. Covered or hung with cobwebs. Also figurative.
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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.
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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).
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