单词 | cobwebby |
释义 | cobwebbyadj. 1. a. Full of, or covered with, cobwebs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > cobwebbed cobwebbed1649 becobwebbed1788 cobwebby1859 1859 Times 3 Dec. 6/4 Sounder views..than have yet been able to penetrate the cobwebby purlieus of the Admiralty. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions II. 267 It was one of those dewy cobwebby mornings which September brings. b. Botany. Cf. cobwebbed adj. 2. ΚΠ 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 194 Leaves..white or cobwebby beneath. 2. Of the nature of cobwebs; resembling cobwebs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > like a net or network > like cobweb cobwebby1743 spidery1860 spider-webby1864 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 168 Sometimes..it will appear like Cobwebs, every time it is cut..This cobwebby, ropy Condition of the Bread. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens xxvii. 265 A pretty delicate cobwebby piece of lace. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 172 A cobwebby film collects on the bright steel work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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