Noun I spent the afternoon surfing the Web. The spider was spinning its web.
Recent Examples on the Web
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The city’s web site lists this year’s talent as Tank, Mýa, Lil’ Mo, Christopher Williams, Ruben Studdard and the Deep Fried Funk Band. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 Your quest to improve privacy while browsing the web with Safari on iPhone isn’t done. Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Aug. 2022 Its two-in-one design easily moves between laptop mode for work, stand mode for watching movies, and tablet mode for browsing the web on the couch. Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 13 July 2022 The survey was conducted via cellphone, landline and SMS-to-web. Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 According to the Vols’ web site, the North End Zone social deck offers fans a unique view from the upper deck. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2022 Before the Supreme Court decision, Republicans had just over a two-and-a-half point lead on that question, according to the average of polls produced by the FiveThirtyEight web site. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Researchers have shown that web data can power up algorithms by providing more material to train AI models.WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 Check out their web site at https://clevelandsquaredance.org/br/ for their calendar. Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
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The forum will be broadcast live in English on NBC10 and NECN and those stations web sites, and a Spanish language stream will be available on TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com.BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021 There might have been more time if not for decades of climate denial by companies including Exxon Mobil, a history that web comic xkcd cleverly highlights this week.Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021 Keen Harvest Flip Whether these are your house shoes for quarantine comfort or your beach cruisers once regulations relax, Keen’s eco-friendly sandals boast webbing made from 100 percent recycled bottles.Sunset Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020 The popular video conferencing platform Zoom routes web traffic to 17 of its data centers sprinkled around the globe. Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2020 Some have switched to web video broadcasts or online gatherings and some have postponed or rescheduled planned events. Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com, 5 Mar. 2020 The Nordic island country straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet, molding a volcanic terrain webbed by glacial rivers and studded with gemstone-aquamarine lakes.Wired, 3 Nov. 2019 By the time the mites form webs it’s usually too late to save the plants. Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019 Vernon Bailey, who web archives show was initially listed as the chief executive on the Veterans Services’ site, was described as its treasurer as recently as Aug. 1. Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse vefr web, Old English wefan to weave
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
2complicated series/network of sth網絡ADJECTIVE | VERB + WEB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complex, complicated, dense, intricate, tangled錯綜複雜的網絡;密集的網絡▸➤seamless嚴密的網絡VERB + WEB➤create, form, weave建立/形成/編織成網絡◇The mass media form a web of communications.大眾傳媒形成一個信息傳遞網絡。➤be drawn into被納入網絡◇More and more people were drawn into his web of deceit.越來越多的人墮入了他的騙局。PHRASES➤a web of deceit, a web of deception, a web of intrigue, a web of lies騙局;一套陰謀詭計;一套謊言▸➤a web of relationships關係網web
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3the Webon the Internet因特網VERB + THE WEB | WEB + NOUN | PREPOSITIONVERB + THE WEB➤access訪問網絡▸➤browse, search, surf瀏覽網絡;搜索網絡;網上衝浪▸➤use使用因特網◇Many people use the Web to make their travel plans.許多人藉助因特網制訂旅遊計劃。WEB + NOUN➤page網頁▸➤address, link網址;網絡鏈接▸➤browser, server網絡瀏覽器/服務器▸➤resource, service網絡資源/服務➤mail網絡郵件▸➤network, ring網絡;網站圈(指具有相似主題的網站集合)▸➤design, development網頁設計;網站開發▸➤publishing網上發佈;網絡出版▸➤designer, developer, editor, host, master(usually webmaster) , user網頁設計員;網站開發者;網站編輯;萬維網主機提供商;站點管理員;網絡用戶▸➤directory, guide, index網站目錄/指南/索引➤connection網絡連接◇a broadband Web connection寬帶網絡連接➤access上網▸➤search網頁搜索◇A Web search brought up 900 hits.網頁搜索搜出了 900 個相關結果。➤content網頁內容▸➤application, tool網絡應用/工具PREPOSITION➤on the web在網絡上◇I found this survey on the Web.我在網上發現了這篇綜述。➡ topic at computer