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单词 spidery
释义

spidery

adjective

spi·​dery ˈspī-də-rē How to pronounce spidery (audio)
1
a
: resembling a spider in form or manner
b
: resembling a spiderweb
spidery handwriting
especially : composed of fine threads or lines in a weblike arrangement
spidery lace
2
: infested with spiders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web O’Rourke’s chronic medical issues followed a chaotic route — sick, then sicker, then OK, then much sicker, then somewhat better — with spidery little paths radiating outward. Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022 During this rain-heavy time, the falls go from a spidery trickle to a powerful force of nature that plunges off the cliffs toward the earth. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021 The painting uses architectural drawings of the Mogamma to create a spidery abstract grid with occasional shards of color that maps the building’s haphazard past. Tobias Grey, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021 To Halaoui’s surprise, the two-inch-long aluminum cylinder contained a century-old note written in spidery German script. Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020 Scientists detect infrasound signals with microphones on spidery legs. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2020 He's typically depicted as a slim, spidery figure in a black suit with a featureless white face. Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020 In this case, the spidery engineers had built a set of three crosshatched webs spun out from a corner of the house. Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 25 Apr. 2020 Jeannie Nguyen’s home is full of precious, expensive things, all of them rooted in dirt: the spidery tendrils of a philodendron tortum, the scaly leaves of a piper parmatum. Arielle Pardes, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

spidery

adjective

as in wiry

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • wiry
  • weedy
  • twiggy
  • stringy
  • reedy
  • willowy
  • waspish
  • racy
  • thin
  • slender
  • lean
  • spindly
  • bony
  • lank
  • gaunt
  • angular
  • scrawny
  • lanky
  • skinny
  • gangly
  • gangling
  • boney
  • spare
  • scraggy
  • slim
  • rawboned
  • spindling
  • spindle-legged
  • rangy
  • spindle-shanked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stubby
  • stumpy
  • stocky
  • chunky
  • bulky
  • chubby
  • thickset
  • pudgy
  • beefy
  • stout
  • weighty
  • sturdy
  • squat
  • heavyset
  • fleshy
  • plump
  • rotund
  • corpulent
  • full
  • muscle-bound
  • tubby
  • gross
  • round
  • portly
  • fat
  • obese
  • overweight
  • roly-poly
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