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 web Spider 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 }.
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Cobweb \
Cob "
web `\,
n . [
Cob a spider web .]
1 .
The network spread by a spider to catch its prey .
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2 .
A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary .
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools . --
Cowper .
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3 .
That which is thin and unsubstantial ,
or flimsy and worthless ;
rubbish .
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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4 . (
Zool .)
The European spotted flycatcher .
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{
Cobweb lawn },
a fine linen ,
mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards . --
Beck .
Draper '
s Dict .
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Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn . --
Beau . &
Fl .
{
Cobweb micrometer },
a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires .
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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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