cobweb

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Related topics: Insects

cob·web /ˈkɒbweb $ ˈkɑːb-/ noun [countableC]

1. HBIa net of sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects, that is inside a building and has not been removed 蜘蛛网

2 blow/clear the cobwebs away CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto do something, especially go outside, in order to help yourself to think more clearly and feel better 〔尤通过外出散步等〕恢复精神，使头脑清醒 → web

A brisk walk will soon blow the cobwebs away.

轻快地散散步马上就能使头脑清醒。

Examples from the Corpus

blow/clear the cobwebs away• Talk about blowing the cobwebs away!• It will blow the cobwebs away.

—cobwebbed adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

cobweb• He swept her resistance aside as if it were a cobweb.• Her wispy gray hair was loose, hanging down her back like cobwebs, and her hands were folded in her lap.• This means, in the two preview episodes, brushing away canons of ethics like cobwebs.• But there was no dust, no dirt, no cobwebs.• He put his hand up to his face, as if to clear the cobwebs from his thoughts, then shrugged.• Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock, Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago.• I know that I am not meant to vac up the spiders, just their cobwebs.• There are enough teachers who sleepwalk through their profession, mindsets clogged with cobwebs.

Origin cobweb

(1300-1400) cop “spider” ((14-15 centuries)) (from Old English atorcoppe “spider”) + web

cob·web noun

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