| 单词 | field spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield spider field spider n. a spider which lives in fields or open countryside, as distinct from one commonly found in buildings or gardens; esp. (often with distinguishing word) any of various spiders of the family Araneidae. ΚΠ 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 60v The roote of Myrrhis dronken in wyne helpeth the bytynges of feldespyders. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iv. vi Unlesse that wiser men make't the field-spiders loom. 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. xxv. 201 There is a little white Field Spider with short legs, found plentifully among new Hay. 1866 J. Cundall Every-day Bk. Nat. Hist. 385 The Gossamer, or Field Spider is very minute... The insect may be seen ascending a blade of grass and throwing out lines of web in the direction of the wind. 1936 Folk-lore 47 366 The next jingle was addressed to a long-legged species of field spider. 1997 V. Carruthers Wildlife Southern Afr. (2000) 19 Hairy Field Spiders. Genera Neoscona and Araneus. < as lemmas |
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