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cobweb 音标拼音: [k'ɑbw ,ɛb] n. 蜘蛛网,蛛丝,混乱
vt. 布满蛛网 蜘蛛网,蛛丝,混乱布满蛛网 cobweb n 1: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider 2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [ synonym: { cobweb}, { gossamer}] 3: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb webSpider web \ Spi" der web"\, or Spider' s web \ Spi" der' s web"\ . ( Zool.) The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called { cobweb}. See { Geometric spider}, { Triangle spider}, under { Geometric}, and { Triangle}. [ 1913 Webster]
Cobweb \ Cob" web`\, n. [ Cob a spider web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [ 1913 Webster] I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. [ 1913 Webster] The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher. [ 1913 Webster] { Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. -- Beck. Draper' s Dict. [ 1913 Webster] Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. -- Beau. & Fl. { Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " cobweb": air, animal fiber, artificial fiber, bait, birdlime, bola, bubble, cambric tea, capillament, chaff, chip, cilium, cirrus, cork, denier, dishwater, down, dragnet, dust, entanglement, ether, fairy, feather, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, fishhook, flagellum, flue, fluff, fly, foam, froth, fuzz, gill net, gossamer, ground bait, gruel, hair, hank, hook, house of cards, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, matchwood, meshes, milk and water, mote, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, reed, rope of sand, sand castle, seine, skein, snare, sniggle, spinner, sponge, springe, spume, squid, strand, straw, suture, tendril, thistledown, thread, threadlet, toils, trawl, water, web, wobbler
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