來自古英語 spider,蜘蛛， 來自 Proto-Germanic*spin, 紡織， 來自 PIE*spen, 紡織， 詞源同 spin,spindle.-der,-ther,工具格后綴，詞源同 rudder,tether.因蜘蛛善織網(wǎng)而得名。
The male is commonly much smaller than the female, and in impregnating the female runs great risk of being devoured. The difference in sizes is as if the human female should be some 60 or 70 feet tall. [Century Dictionary]Not the common word in Old English, which identified the creatures as loppe, lobbe, also atorcoppe, and, from Latin, renge. Another Old English word was gangewifre "a weaver as he goes," and Middle English had araine "spider" (14c.-15c., from French). In literature, often a figure of cunning, skill, and industry as well as poisonous predation; in 17c. English used figuratively for poisonousness and thread-spinning but also sensitivity (to vibrations), lurking, independence. As the name for a type of two-pack solitaire, it is attested from 1890. Spider crab is from 1710, used of various species; spider monkey is from 1764, so called for its long limbs.
來自柯林斯例句
來自柯林斯例句
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
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