網路爬蟲程式
把蜘蛛「在網上到處爬、巡走」的畫面，搬到網際網路上——因為 the Web（全球資訊網）本身就被想成一張大網。
web crawler program · noun · B1
a computer program that moves around the Internet to find the best web pages, so you can find the information you want quickly
網路爬蟲程式
核心畫面
The eight-legged animal that spins a web of thin, sticky threads and sits waiting in the middle to catch insects. The web, the crawling, the patient waiting — those pictures feed the one metaphor.
可以想成那隻八隻腳的小動物：吐出細細黏黏的絲結成網，靜靜守在網中央，等蟲子上門。網、爬、守候這幾個畫面，就是後面比喻…更多收起
可以想成那隻八隻腳的小動物：吐出細細黏黏的絲結成網，靜靜守在網中央，等蟲子上門。網、爬、守候這幾個畫面，就是後面比喻的來源。From the word’s history
From Old English spithra, literally 'the spinner', related to spin. The spider is named for the very thing it does — spinning a web.
spider 源自古英語 spithra，字面就是「會紡的那個」，和 spin（紡、吐絲）同源。所以蜘蛛的名字本身，講的就是牠最會做的事——結網。
etymonline.com/word/spider
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Also in this word
the animal · noun · B1
a small animal with eight legs that makes a web of thin sticky threads to catch insects to eat
蜘蛛
原始詞典資料24 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Spidername
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The 29th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
spidernoun/ˈspaɪ̯də/
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Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.
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A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
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A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- 2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.
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obsoleteAn alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.
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slangA spindly person.
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slangA man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
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ball-gamesbilliardsgamesA stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.
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historicaldialectalcookingfoodlifestyleA cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
- Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.
- In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
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cookingfoodlifestyleImplement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
- If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).
- Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider for small amounts of fish. A spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.
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cyclinghobbieslifestyleA part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
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slangHeroin.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicPart of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
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A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
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A soft-hackle fly.
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hobbieslifestylesportsThe network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
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mathematicssciencesA spider graph or spider tree.
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obsoleteA type of light phaeton.
- I am also disappointed with the horses, having hardly seen a decent pair yet, while the traps and horses do not look smart and well groomed. There are a great many American spiders used. Have not seen a bullock in the yoke yet.
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artshobbieslifestyleA support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
- The spider is very useful for shooting in the studio or on locations with smooth floors where tripod legs tend to slide.
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A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.
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A bit for turning fasteners with 8-pointed heads.
spiderverb/ˈspaɪ̯də/
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To move like a spider.
- A year later she returned to El Cap and spidered up the wall again — this time in 23 hours.
- They saved the hall though the facing and part of the roof had to be torn out and replaced, men spidered over the building to repair it before Coaker's arrival.
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To cover a surface like a cobweb.
- High walls surrounded it on all sides, each one covered with the skeletal stems of climbing plants that spidered across the stones, and the ground was cobbled between patches of frozen grass.
- Large cracks spidered across the mask's glass where the nozzle had hit.
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To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。