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- an eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs which inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects蜘蛛。
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- Order Araneae, class Arachnida.蜘蛛目, 蛛形纲。
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- used in names of similar or related arachnids, e.g. sea spider, sun spider［用于类似或相关的蛛形纲动物的名称中, 如： sea spider, sun spider］。
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- any object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes（尤指有众多突出长杆或辐条的）状似蜘蛛的物体。
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- Brit. a set of radiating elastic ties used to hold a load in place on a vehicle〈英〉蛛网形系索（用于车辆装载货物时固定其位置）。
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- a long-legged rest for a billiard cue that can be placed over a ball without touching it台球棒三脚架（盖住球上而不与之接触）。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider（似蜘蛛般）急促爬动：
a treecreeper spidered head first down the tree trunk.
旋木雀头朝下沿树干急促爬下。
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- form a pattern suggestive of a spider or its web设网; 设圈套。
派生词
spiderish
adjective词源
late Old English spīthra, from spinnan （see SPIN）.