单词 | cobweb |
释义 | cobweb /kob"web'/, n. , v. , cobwebbed, cobwebbing. n. 1. a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey. 2. a single thread spun by a spider. 3. something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial. 4. a network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare. 5. cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order: I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs. v.t. 6. to cover with or as with cobwebs: Spiders cobwebbed the cellar. 7. to confuse or muddle: Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind. [1275-1325; ME coppeweb, deriv. of OE -coppe spider (in atorcoppe poison spider); c. MD koppe; see WEB] |
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