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- a network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey蜘蛛网。
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- a similar filmy network spun by some insect larvae, especially communal caterpillars（一些昆虫幼体吐出的）蛛网状物。
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- a membrane between the toes of a swimming bird or other aquatic animal蹼。
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- a thin flat part connecting thicker or more solid parts in machinery连接板; 金属薄条（片）。
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- a roll of paper used in a continuous printing process（连续印刷用）一卷纸。
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- the endless wire mesh in a papermaking machine on which such paper is made（制造卷筒纸的造纸机上的）无端金属丝网。
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- a piece of woven fabric织物。
(webbed, webbing)no obj., with adverbial
1- move or hang so as to form a web-like shape织网; 形成网状：
an intricate transportation network webs from coast to coast.
错综复杂的运输网络在两个海岸间形成。
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- with obj.（一般作be webbed）cover with or as though with a web用网（或网状物）覆盖：
she noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases.
她注意到了他晒黑的皮肤, 上面布满了细纹。
WORD TRENDS
Our lives are now so dominated by the Internet that it is difficult to think of a time when a web was simply the realm of lurking spiders and petrified flies. The Web was first seen in a computing context in 1993， as a shortening of World Wide Web, and the word is now widely used as a synonym for 'the Internet'. As the Oxford English Corpus shows， this sense is now the dominant one， with site， page， and server the most frequent collocates， and the verbs surf， use， and search pushing the spider's weave and spin down the rankings. The Corpus also shows that while web and Internet have increased in usage since 2000， the full phrase World Wide Web has declined.
派生词
web-like
adjective词源
Old English web（b） 'woven fabric'， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch web, also to WEAVE. Early use of the verb was in the sense 'weave (fabric) on a loom'.