spider
spider — noun
1. A small animal with eight legs. Spiders produce sticky silk threads from their b
A small animal with eight legs. Spiders produce sticky silk threads from their bodies and use these threads to build webs, which trap insects and other tiny creatures for them to eat.
Asher screamed when he saw a large spider crawling across the bathroom floor.
crawl across + surface — typical movement verb
A small brown spider had spun a web between the fence and the old tree.
spin + web — the core collocation for building webs
Hassan carefully moved the spider outside using a piece of paper and a cup.
In autumn, young spiders release a thin thread and let the wind carry them away.
Yuna watched a garden spider repair its torn web after a heavy rainstorm.
- arachnid
The scientific group name that includes spiders, scorpions, and mites. Much more formal and technical than 'spider'.
文法句型
spider + verb (singular or plural)
a/the spider + verb
用法筆記
Spider is a countable noun. Many people call spiders 'insects' in everyday conversation, but zoologists classify them as arachnids because they have eight legs instead of six and their bodies have two main parts instead of three.