cobweb

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒbwɛb/

名詞

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A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads. / One of its filaments; gossamer.

日本語の意味

蜘蛛の巣、またはその残骸。特に、不規則な、非対称なパターンで編まれたもの。 / 蜘蛛の巣を構成する細い糸。

英語の意味

A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads. / One of its filaments; gossamer.

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A thick cobweb stretched across the attic rafters, collecting dust from decades of neglect.

屋根裏の垂木には厚い蜘蛛の巣が張り、何十年もの放置でほこりを集めていた。

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意味（1）

A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.

[…] there was stretched across his gateway a circular cobweb of the largest kind and quite entire. This looked so ominous that I actually turned aside and went in the back way.

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意味（2）

One of its filaments; gossamer.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.

The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age.

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意味（4）

An intricate plot to catch the unwary.

Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools.

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意味（5）

(Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.

意味（6）

The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.

意味（7）

(informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.

I washed my face, trying to get the cobwebs of hard sex and an alcohol-induced sleep out of my head

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cobwebs （ plural ）