| 单词 | spider-saint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspider-saint c. Appositive, chiefly in allusion to the cunning or wily nature of the spider, as spider-farmer, spider-saint, spider-siren. ΚΠ 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 84 Those Spider Saints, that hang by Threads Spun out of th' Entrails of their Heads. 1899 Daily News 9 May 8 The toils set for him by the treacherous spider-farmer. 1899 Daily News 12 July 8/2 An Indian opium den, and its spider-siren, inveigling poor flies of men to destruction. < as lemmas |
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