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单词 spiderweb
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Definition of spiderweb in English:

spiderweb

(also spider's web)
nounPlural spiderwebsˈspʌɪdəwɛbˈspaɪdərwɛb
  • 1A web made by a spider.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The costume was enough to send a person with arachnophobia into fits with its spiderweb and small spiders.
    • For example, he has chapters on spiderwebs, sea shells and segmentation.
    • Sagging spiderwebs, laden with dew, hung from the tiny branches of the hedgerow among the northern forest, in the midst of which the men waited.
    • But the newly described fossil spiderweb dates roughly 90 million years older than the previous oldest known specimen.
    • In North America, if you see a classic spiderweb with a dense, zigzag thread through its center, the web could well have been spun by Argiope aurantia.
    • Neither of these reasons explain why there is symmetry in a spiderweb.
    • Ancient dust and grimy spiderwebs festooned her coverall.
    • That was worse than the main floor; more spiderwebs to sweep and more empty bird nests.
    • A haze of spiderwebs hung from the ceiling above him, and the smack of wet decay met his nose.
    • The hedge out in front of the house is covered with enough small spiderwebs that it looks as though there's ice across the top.
    • There was not a single corner without a spiderweb waiting to be swept away by Steph's washcloth.
    • There can be brambles and poison ivy, the occasional spiderweb and weather elements to consider.
    • ‘I hate bugs,’ the librarian moaned, backing away from a spiderweb.
    • The fossil is the oldest direct evidence of spiderwebs.
    • The entire ceiling was like blackened ash, though through some miracle the spiderweb had survived.
    1. 1.1 A thing resembling a spider's web.
      the spiderweb of overhead transmission lines
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Four days had passed, while the final party of determined villagers traced a course like a spiderweb all over the southern half of the district, even marching through his own clearing one rainy afternoon.
      • Aligore had become well-acquainted with that whip over the last several hours; the spiderweb of streaked gashes along his back was a testament to this fact.
      • They had to follow their yarn through the family room, which looked like a giant spiderweb of yarn, until they located the prize tied to the other end of their spool.
      • Between Jacie, the oldest, and Kelley, the youngest, there's a huge spiderweb of strong bonds.
      • I'd met him innocently on the beach and there was no spiderweb of lies or hurt around him when it came to me.
      • It formed a twisting spiderweb of lines and patterns, a swirling sprawl of lightning that stretched out into infinity.
      • The listener will be treated to un-pedaled acoustic pieces as well as backward loops and dubs as fragile as a tapestry of overlaid spiderwebs.
      • A lattice of thin white strands flashed dimly on the oak, forming a binding, blinking silvery spiderweb.
      • The 90 recruits are being tested for leadership, passing each other through a kind of rope spiderweb.
      • His face was crisscrossed with a spiderweb of white scars, but his gray-tinged eyes were thoughtful and kind.
      • The helmet crested in a spiked ridge, and beneath it lay a crisscrossing spiderweb of thin bones.
      • With 2,000 stocking locations worldwide processing 8,000 phone and network parts, Avaya's service department managed a huge logistics spiderweb.
      • A spiderweb of long vines covered the mouth of the cave, drooping down into the water, but Jonah passed between the vines easily and darkness fell around him.
      • Huge, jagged slashes intersected across the robe, forming a spiderweb of cuts.
    2. 1.2 A type of turquoise (semi-precious stone) criss-crossed with fine dark lines.
verbspiderwebbing, spiderwebbed, spiderwebsˈspʌɪdəwɛbˈspaɪdərwɛb
[with object]
  • Cover with a pattern resembling a spiderweb.

    a glass block spiderwebbed with cracks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was white plaster, flaked, peeling, spiderwebbed with cracks.
    • He worked the new norm - two weeks on, two weeks off - maintaining the more than 400 miles of gravel roads that spiderweb the North Slope.
    • Jackie looked up at him, her crystal eyes spiderwebbed with red.
    • He considered the texture of the ground at his feet, the gray asphalt of the highway, spiderwebbed with cracks, and the ragged line of white paint, frozen in a futile battle with the encroaching dust.
    • The glass of the doors was spiderwebbed and ready to shatter.
 
 

Definition of spiderweb in US English:

spiderweb

nounˈspīdərwebˈspaɪdərwɛb
  • 1A web made by a spider.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sagging spiderwebs, laden with dew, hung from the tiny branches of the hedgerow among the northern forest, in the midst of which the men waited.
    • A haze of spiderwebs hung from the ceiling above him, and the smack of wet decay met his nose.
    • Neither of these reasons explain why there is symmetry in a spiderweb.
    • That was worse than the main floor; more spiderwebs to sweep and more empty bird nests.
    • But the newly described fossil spiderweb dates roughly 90 million years older than the previous oldest known specimen.
    • Ancient dust and grimy spiderwebs festooned her coverall.
    • For example, he has chapters on spiderwebs, sea shells and segmentation.
    • The fossil is the oldest direct evidence of spiderwebs.
    • The costume was enough to send a person with arachnophobia into fits with its spiderweb and small spiders.
    • The entire ceiling was like blackened ash, though through some miracle the spiderweb had survived.
    • The hedge out in front of the house is covered with enough small spiderwebs that it looks as though there's ice across the top.
    • ‘I hate bugs,’ the librarian moaned, backing away from a spiderweb.
    • There was not a single corner without a spiderweb waiting to be swept away by Steph's washcloth.
    • In North America, if you see a classic spiderweb with a dense, zigzag thread through its center, the web could well have been spun by Argiope aurantia.
    • There can be brambles and poison ivy, the occasional spiderweb and weather elements to consider.
    1. 1.1 A thing resembling a spiderweb.
      the spiderweb of overhead transmission lines
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A spiderweb of long vines covered the mouth of the cave, drooping down into the water, but Jonah passed between the vines easily and darkness fell around him.
      • His face was crisscrossed with a spiderweb of white scars, but his gray-tinged eyes were thoughtful and kind.
      • The 90 recruits are being tested for leadership, passing each other through a kind of rope spiderweb.
      • Between Jacie, the oldest, and Kelley, the youngest, there's a huge spiderweb of strong bonds.
      • It formed a twisting spiderweb of lines and patterns, a swirling sprawl of lightning that stretched out into infinity.
      • With 2,000 stocking locations worldwide processing 8,000 phone and network parts, Avaya's service department managed a huge logistics spiderweb.
      • They had to follow their yarn through the family room, which looked like a giant spiderweb of yarn, until they located the prize tied to the other end of their spool.
      • The listener will be treated to un-pedaled acoustic pieces as well as backward loops and dubs as fragile as a tapestry of overlaid spiderwebs.
      • Aligore had become well-acquainted with that whip over the last several hours; the spiderweb of streaked gashes along his back was a testament to this fact.
      • I'd met him innocently on the beach and there was no spiderweb of lies or hurt around him when it came to me.
      • Huge, jagged slashes intersected across the robe, forming a spiderweb of cuts.
      • A lattice of thin white strands flashed dimly on the oak, forming a binding, blinking silvery spiderweb.
      • The helmet crested in a spiked ridge, and beneath it lay a crisscrossing spiderweb of thin bones.
      • Four days had passed, while the final party of determined villagers traced a course like a spiderweb all over the southern half of the district, even marching through his own clearing one rainy afternoon.
    2. 1.2 A type of turquoise crisscrossed with fine dark lines.
verbˈspīdərwebˈspaɪdərwɛb
[with object]
  • Cover with a pattern resembling a spiderweb.

    a glass block spiderwebbed with cracks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The glass of the doors was spiderwebbed and ready to shatter.
    • He worked the new norm - two weeks on, two weeks off - maintaining the more than 400 miles of gravel roads that spiderweb the North Slope.
    • It was white plaster, flaked, peeling, spiderwebbed with cracks.
    • Jackie looked up at him, her crystal eyes spiderwebbed with red.
    • He considered the texture of the ground at his feet, the gray asphalt of the highway, spiderwebbed with cracks, and the ragged line of white paint, frozen in a futile battle with the encroaching dust.
 
 
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