| 单词 | spider-work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspider-work spider-work n. work having the characteristics or appearance of a spider's web; spec. in Needlework = opus araneum n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > structure resembling network netOE webworkc1175 network1590 reticulation1663 spider-web1699 mesh1712 reticulum1722 reticle1790 spider-workc1812 meshwork1830 sagene1846 web1851 chainwork1864 ribwork1892 meshing1907 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > done on specific grounds > net spider-workc1812 opus araneum1865 opus filatorium1882 c1812 Ld. Byron in Peel Luddites (1880) vii. 35 By the adoption of one species of frame in particular, one man performed the work of many... Yet it is to [be] observed that the work thus executed was inferior in quality... It was called, in the cant of the trade, by the name of ‘Spider work’. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace ii. 17 Distinct from all these geometric combinations was the Lacis of the sixteenth century, done on a network ground (réseau), identical with the ‘opus araneum’, or spider-work of continental writers. 1874 Queen Lace Bk. i. 5 Darned Netting (Opus araneum; Spiderwork; Point conté). 1883 Good Words Dec. 791/2 This orchid is seldom seen without some gossamery spiderwork surrounding it. < as lemmas |
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