| 单词 | cobweb |
| 释义 | cobweb (once / 2259 pages) n A cobweb is the net of sticky threads that a spider weaves to catch insects. You can also call a cobweb a spider's web. A cobweb is any spider's web, although some people use it to specify the dense, tangled type of web that certain spiders weave, or to mean a dusty old web, like the ones you might see in your grandparents' attic. Cobweb can also describe some intricate or complicated things: "She got lost in the cobweb of unfamiliar subway lines in the city." It comes from the Old English coppeweb, from the now-obsolete coppe, "spider." WORD FAMILYcobweb: cobwebby, cobwebs USAGE EXAMPLESAfter shaking off the cobwebs, Romo returned to the bench, replaced by Mark Sanchez on the next drive. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) To restrain Burr, Hamilton wrote Morris, would be “to bind a Giant by a cobweb.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) I'm still kind of shaking the cobwebs and dust off from those five years. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web Hyper spider web, spider's web a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey 2n filaments from a web that was spun by a spider Syn|Hyper gossamer fibril, filament, strand a very slender natural or synthetic fiber 3n a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
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