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. => weave
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.
雙語例句
1. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.
蜘蛛必須等待獵物被它的蛛網困住。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Wizards and templates can help you create brochures, calendars, and Web pages.
向導程序和模板可以幫助你創建手冊、日曆和網頁。
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3. Yahoo is the oldest and best-known Web directory service.
雅虎是最早且最知名的因特網目錄服務網站。
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4. Relationships are often a tangled web at the best of times.
即使在最好的情況下，關係也是錯綜複雜的。
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5. They accused him of weaving a web of lies and deceit.