单词 | spider |
释义 | Word Frequency spider(ˈspaɪdə) noun 1. any predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order Araneae, having four pairs of legs and a rounded unsegmented body consisting of abdomen and cephalothorax See also wolf spider, trap-door spider, tarantula, black widow 2. any of various similar or related arachnids 3. a hub fitted with radiating spokes or arms that serve to transmit power or support a load 4. agriculture an instrument used with a cultivator to pulverize soil 5. any implement or tool having the shape of a spider 6. nautical a metal frame fitted at the base of a mast to which halyards are tied when not in use 7. any part of a machine having a number of radiating spokes, tines, or arms 8. Also called: octopus British a cluster of elastic straps fastened at a central point and used to hold a load on a car rack, motorcycle, etc 9. billiards, snooker a rest having long legs, used to raise the cue above the level of the height of the ball 10. angling an artificial fly tied with a hackle and no wings, perhaps originally thought to imitate a spider 11. computing a computer program that is capable of performing sophisticated recursive searches on the internet 12. short for spider phaeton Word origin Old English spīthra; related to Danish spinder, German Spinne; see spin |
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