Definition

1. Noun:
   • Spider's web / Cobweb: A structure built by a spider out of sticky silk threads, used to catch prey. "Cobweb" often implies an old, dusty web.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trần nhà đầy lưới nhện. (The ceiling is full of cobwebs.)
  • Con nhện đang giăng một chiếc lưới nhện mới. (The spider is spinning a new spider's web.)
  • Cô ấy quét sạch lưới nhện trong góc phòng. (She swept away the cobwebs in the corner of the room.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used metaphorically to describe a complex, interconnected, and sometimes trapping system.
  • Anh ta bị mắc kẹt trong lưới nhện của những lời nói dối. (He was trapped in a web of lies.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mạng nhện (n): A common synonym for "lưới nhện," also meaning spider web or cobweb.
• Tơ nhện (n): Spider silk; the individual thread produced by a spider.

Synonyms

• Cobweb: An old, dusty spider web.
• Spiderweb / Spider's web: The structure spun by a spider.
• Web: A general term for a structure of fine threads woven by a spider or other insect.

Related Idioms

• Giăng lưới nhện: Literally "to spread a spider web," meaning to set a trap or an elaborate plan.
  • Cảnh sát đang giăng lưới nhện để bắt tên tội phạm. (The police are setting a web/net to catch the criminal.)

noun

1. cobweb; spider's web