web

英 [web] 美[wɛb]

英英释义实用场景例句

复数: webs;

web 网，网络

来自PIE*webh,转，编织，词源同weave,weft。引申义织网，网络。

web: web: [OE] A web is etymologically something ‘woven’. In common with Dutch web, Swedish väf, and Danish voev, the word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *wabjam. This was derived from the base *wab-, *web-, which also produced English weave ‘make cloth’. The derivative webster [OE] originally denoted a ‘female weaver’, but it now survives only as a surname.
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web (n.): Old English webb "woven fabric, woven work, tapestry," from Proto-Germanic *wabjam "fabric, web" (cognates: Old Saxon webbi, Old Norse vefr, Dutch webbe, Old High German weppi, German gewebe "web"), from PIE *webh- "to weave" (see weave (v.)).

Meaning "spider's web" is first recorded early 13c. Applied to the membranes between the toes of ducks and other aquatic birds from 1570s. Internet sense is from 1992, shortened from World Wide Web (1990). Web browser, web page both also attested 1990.

1. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.: 蜘蛛必须等待猎物被它的蛛网困住。

2. Wizards and templates can help you create brochures, calendars, and Web pages.: 向导程序和模板可以帮助你创建手册、日历和网页。

3. Yahoo is the oldest and best-known Web directory service.: 雅虎是最早且最知名的因特网目录服务网站。

4. Relationships are often a tangled web at the best of times.: 即使在最好的情况下，关系也是错综复杂的。

5. They accused him of weaving a web of lies and deceit.: 他们指控他编织了一个满是谎言和欺诈的骗局。