retiary
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɹiːʃɪəɹi/|/ˈɹiːʃəɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
- Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.
- A retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net.
形容词 adj.
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net-like
— And, beside this kind of work in retiary and hanging textures
- Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders.
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Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.
— c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor scholastic retiary versatility of logic
词形变化
词源
词源 1
Compare Latin retiarius.
词源 2
Compare Latin retiarius.
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