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spidery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++spi·der·y /ˈspaɪdəri/ adjective  WRITEcovered with or made of lots of long thin uneven lines 〔线条〕细长而不整齐的 spidery handwriting 细长潦草的字迹
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spideryThe writing, spidery and pale brown, was illegible.A few were connected with neighbouring towers by spidery bridges, 1,000 feet above ravines of deepest blue.Her hair is pure white, her face covered with spidery lines, but her eyes are absolutely clear, sparkling.The hydrofoil entered the harbour, revealing the characteristic wooden docks, with brightly-painted buildings sticking out the fjord on spidery sticks.She unfolded Marek's exercise book and began reading the spidery writing where she had been forced to stop.Lest anything should not be understood, each scene was accompanied by an explanatory sentence in spidery yellow paint.
spi·der·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
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spidery
spidery /ˈspaɪdəri/ adjective
covered with or made of lots of long thin uneven lines:
    spidery handwriting


spi·deryBrE /ˈspaɪdəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈspaɪdəri/ 🔊 adjectivelong and thin, like the legs of a spider (像蛛腿一样)细长的spidery fingers修长的手指spidery writing (= consisting of thin lines that are not very clear) 细长而不易辨认的笔画