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cobweb
  • Conjugation : past  cobwebbed ; ing  cobwebbing
  • Derivatives : adj  cobwebby
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cobweb ['kɔbwεb]
  1. 1. noun [c] 蜘蛛网

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cobweb ['kɑb.wεb] ['kɔb.web]
  1. 1. noun 蜘蛛网
  2. 2. noun 蜘蛛丝
  3. 3. noun 轻薄蜘蛛网东西罗网陷阱
  4. 4. vt. 使布满蛛网(或蛛网状物)

Collins English-English Dictionary

cobweb ['kɒb"wεb]
  1. 1. n a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms
  2. 2. n a single thread of such a web
  3. 3. n something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C14 cob, from coppe, from Old English (ator)coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppa

Examples

蜘蛛丝
a thread spun by a spider; cobweb
蜘蛛网
spider (or spider's) web; cobweb

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