Mesh



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.用网捕捉, 齿合

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch maesche; akin to Old High German masca mesh, Lithuanian mazgos knot
• Date: 14th century
• 1. one of the openings between the threads or cords of a net; also one of the similar spaces in a network — often used to designate screen size as the number of openings per linear inch
• 2.
  • a. the fabric of a net
  • b. a woven, knit, or knotted material of open texture with evenly spaced holes
  • c. an arrangement of interlocking metal links used especially for jewelry
• 3.
  • a. a weblike pattern or construction
  • b. web, snare — usually used in plural
• 4. working contact (as of the teeth of gears) <in mesh>
• ? meshed adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1532
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. enmesh, entangle
    • b. to catch in the openings of a net
  • 2. to cause to resemble network
  • 3.
    • a. to cause (as gears) to engage
    • b. to coordinate closely ; interlock
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become entangled in or as if in meshes
  • 2. to be in or come into mesh — used especially of gears
  • 3. to fit or work together properly

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