cobweb
/kob-web/US // ˈkɒbˌwɛb //UK // (ˈkɒbˌwɛb) //
蛛网,蜘蛛网,蛛网状,淘宝网
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n.名词 noun
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- : a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.
- : a single thread spun by a spider.
- : something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.
- : a network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare.
- : cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order: I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.
v.有主动词 verb
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cob·webbed, cob·web·bing.
- : to cover with or as with cobwebs: Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.
- : to confuse or muddle: Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.
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Examples
The sun was setting, and he pointed to a cobweb glistening in a ray of light.
Above it was a canopy of a deep-red cobweb, dotted with the prettiest little green flies that sparkled like precious stones.
Man's passions at first are like a cobweb's thread, at last become like the thickest cable.
The cobbler of Cobweb Corner was becoming dazed with happiness.
He would brush her machinery aside like a cobweb, but that did not affect the chance of his recognition by Sonia.
But—not 'in this connection,' in no connection—the utilitarian also thoroughly despises cobweb theories, as he terms them.
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