Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spider web \Spi"der web"\, or Spider's web \Spi"der's web"\ .
(Zool.)
The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders,
particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also
called {cobweb}. See {Geometric spider}, {Triangle spider},
under {Geometric}, and {Triangle}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
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2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
and unwary.
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
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3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
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{Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cobweb
n 1: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web
of a spider
2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
{cobweb}, {gossamer}]
3: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the
orb web
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
COBWEB
COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
