| 英语单词 | cobweb |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kɒbweb] 美 ['kɑːbweb] |
| 中文释义 | n.蜘蛛网;蛛丝;混乱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The spider can catch insects by cobweb. (2) He brushed a cobweb out of his hair. (3) Let 's go for a walk and blow the cobweb away. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 蜘蛛能用蜘蛛网抓住昆虫。 (2) 他拂去了头发上的蜘蛛丝。 (3) 咱们去散散步 |
| vocabulary简明 | A cobweb is the net of sticky threads that a spider weaves to catch insects. You can also call a cobweb a spider's web. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A cobweb is any spider's web, although some people use it to specify the dense, tangled type of web that certain spiders weave, or to mean a dusty old web, like the ones you might see in your grandparents' attic. Cobweb can also describe some intricate or complicated things: "She got lost in the cobweb of unfamiliar subway lines in the city." It comes from the Old English coppeweb, from the now-obsolete coppe, "spider." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]蜘蛛网 A cobweb is the net which a spider makes for catching insects. 2 [PHRASE 短语]使人头脑清醒;使人精神振奋 If something blows or clears away the cobwebs, it makes you feel more mentally alert and lively when you had previously been feeling tired. [V inflects]
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