1. 1(線條)細長凌亂如蜘蛛腳的;形容字跡時指「潦草細瘦」。常見搭配 spidery handwriting,中文可說「像鬼畫符般細瘦潦草的字跡」,不是「有蜘蛛的」。

    Spidery describes something made of long, thin, uneven lines — lines that look like a spider's legs.

    spidery describes用來形容 something東西 made of由...組成 long, thin, uneven lines又長又細、不平整的線條 — lines那些線條 that look like看起來像 a spider's legs蜘蛛的腳.

    Its most common use by far is about handwriting: 'spidery handwriting' is thin, scratchy writing with letters that seem to stretch out in odd directions, the kind an older person might write with a very fine pen, or the kind you get writing on a shaking train. It is not a compliment, but it is not really an insult either; it is a picture, and it often carries a feeling of age and fragility.

    its most common use by far目前為止最常見的用法 is about handwriting是形容筆跡: 'spidery handwriting'『spidery handwriting』 is是 thin, scratchy writing又細又潦草的字跡 with letters字母 that seem to stretch out in odd directions似乎朝奇怪的方向伸展, the kind是那種 an older person年長者 might write可能會寫出來的 with a very fine pen用很細的筆, or the kind或者是那種 you get寫字時會寫出來的 writing on a shaking train在搖晃的火車上. it這 is not並不是 a compliment稱讚, but但 it is not really an insult either也不算是真正的侮辱; it這是 is a picture一種畫面, and而且 it often carries常常帶著 a feeling of age and fragility老邁和脆弱的感覺.

    You will also see it for bare tree branches against a winter sky, for thin cracks, and for anything long-limbed and slightly delicate: 'spidery legs', 'a spidery iron gate'.

    you也 will also see會看到 it它 for bare tree branches against a winter sky用來形容冬天天空襯托下光禿禿的樹枝, for thin cracks細細的裂縫, and for anything long-limbed and slightly delicate以及任何細長又有點纖弱的東西: 'spidery legs'『細長的腿』, 'a spidery iron gate'『細長線條的鐵門』.

    Some writers use it for the creepy feeling of a spider — a 'spidery' touch on your arm, or a spidery, crawling fear — but that is the smaller use. The word appears far more in novels than in conversation; you are more likely to read it than to hear a friend say it.

    some writers有些作家 use it用它 for the creepy feeling of a spider來形容蜘蛛那種令人發毛的感覺 — a 'spidery' touch on your arm手臂上『spidery』的觸感, or a spidery, crawling fear或是spidery、爬行般的恐懼 — but但 that is the smaller use這是比較少見的用法. the word這個字 appears出現 far more in novels than in conversation在小說裡的次數遠比在對話裡多; you你 are more likely to read it更可能讀到它 than to hear a friend say it而不是聽朋友說出來.

core核心畫面

組成spider + -y. The ending -y turns a noun into an adjective meaning 'like that thing' or 'full of that thing' — the same -y as in 'cloudy' (like clouds), 'hairy' (full of hair), 'noisy'.

同家族的字

  • cloudySame -y ending: noun plus -y meaning 'like that thing'.
  • spiderwebShares 'spider'.

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

spideryadj/ˈspaɪ.dɚ.i/

  • 1

    Like a spider.

    • “En passant,” if nothing else, would have revealed to Joe, in this imitation of a better trick, the hand of Eugene. […] “Sometimes,” said Eskew, “I think that ’Gene Bantry is jest a leetle bit spiderier than he is lazy.[…]”
    • High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.
  • 2

    Characterized by many spindly extensions.

    • The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze.
    • This shelf is deeply cut into by rivers, so that the line has to cross a series of spidery lattice-girder bridges.
  • 3

    Suggestive of cobwebs; spiderweb-like.

  • 4

    Infested with or containing many spiders.

  • 5

    communicationsjournalismliteratureCramped or illegible; especially when spiky.

    • 'I cannot make head or tail of it,' confessed Miss Barrowford, as the senseful fingers crossed and recrossed the scrawl, now following a vague spidery line, now drawn where no visible mark appeared to lead. 'Is there any meaning, do you think?'

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