cob·web /ˈkɑbˌwɛb/
蜘蛛網,蛛絲,混亂(vt.)布滿蛛網
Cob·web n.
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney.
4. Zool. The European spotted flycatcher.
Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards.
Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl.
-- Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.
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cobweb
n 1: filaments from a cobweb [syn: gossamer]
2: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the
orb web