cobweb: [14] A cobweb was originally literally a web woven by a cop, a Middle English word for ‘spider’. It was short for attercop ‘spider’, a compound of Old English origin which had largely died out by the 17th century. This seems to have meant literally ‘poison head’, from Old English ātōr ‘poison’ and coppe ‘head, top’ (a possible relative of English cob). It was revived by J R R Tolkien in The Hobbit 1937.
cobweb (n.)
early 14c., coppewebbe; the first element is Old English -coppe, in atorcoppe "spider," literally "poison-head" (see attercop). Spelling with -b- is from 16c., perhaps from cob. Cob as a stand-alone for "a spider" was an old word nearly dead even in dialects when J.R.R. Tolkien used it in "The Hobbit" (1937).
实用例句
1. After analyzing COP - COBWEB algorithm, an approach for combining background knowledge into category utility was proposed.
在分析了COP-COBWEB算法之后, 给出了一种结合背景知识计算分类效用的方法.
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2. The fabric, cut on the bias, hangs as light as a cobweb off a woman's body.
这块斜裁料如蛛网一般轻盈地从一女子身上垂下来。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I sweep your cobweb projects from my path.
我要把你在我的道路上所结下的蜘蛛网计划都扫掉.
来自辞典例句
4. My face tickles all over with cobweb sensation, but I ignore it.
我的脸像粘上蜘蛛网一样发痒, 但是我不予理会.
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5. The web may be a combined effort of social cobweb spiders.
