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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.