| 单词 | webwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswebwork webwork n. †(a) the work of weaving (obsolete); (b) a cobweb; something likened to a cobweb or to woven fabric in having an intricate or complex structure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > structure resembling network netOE webworkc1175 network1590 reticulation1663 spider-web1699 mesh1712 reticulum1722 reticle1790 spider-workc1812 meshwork1830 sagene1846 web1851 chainwork1864 ribwork1892 meshing1907 c1175 ( Nativity of Virgin (Bodl.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 127 Heo wolde beon fram þare æreste tyde þæs dæges on hire halig beden wuniende oð ðet þa ðridde tyde, on þa nigoðæn tide emben hire webweorc [OE Hatton webbgeweorc]. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. viii. 12 She hath eight legs, four on each side, split into small oblong fingers at the ends, by which she makes her curious Web-work. 1790 R. Merry Laurel of Liberty 10 A web-work of despair, a mass of woes. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xxix. 199 The tyro who dissects the webwork of tissues and nerves in the dead. 2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Aug. t10 He..opened his water-logged folder and saw that his speech had been reduced to a fine webwork of inky rivulets—unreadable. < as lemmas |
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