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单词 cobweb
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cob•web /ˈkɑbˌwɛb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Invertebratesa web of threads produced by a spider:brushing the cobwebs off his arm.
  2. cobwebs, [plural] confusion or indistinctness: clearing the cobwebs out of one's brain.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cob•web  (kobweb′),USA pronunciation n., v., -webbed, -web•bing. 
n. 
  1. Invertebratesa web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.
  2. a single thread spun by a spider.
  3. something resembling a cobweb;
    anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.
  4. a network of plot or intrigue;
    an insidious snare.
  5. cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order:I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.

v.t. 
  1. to cover with or as with cobwebs:Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.
  2. to confuse or muddle:Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.
  • 1275–1325; Middle English coppeweb, derivative of Old English -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); cognate with Middle Dutch koppe; see web

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cobweb /ˈkɒbˌwɛb/ n
  1. a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms
  2. a single thread of such a web
  3. something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap
Etymology: 14th Century cob, from coppe, from Old English (ātor)coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppa

ˈcobˌwebbed adj ˈcobˌwebby adj
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