a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating 格栅;栅栏 the metal grids had been pulled across the foyer. 大厅的金属栅栏已被拉上。
a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles 网格 a grid of tree-lined streets. 树木成行的棋盘式街道。 ■a field for American football; a gridiron 美式橄榄球球场;橄榄球赛 ■a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, especially high-voltage transmission lines for electricity 输电网(尤指高压输电线路) the second reactor was not connected to the grid until 1985. 第二座反应堆直到1985年才接入输电网。 ■a network of regularly spaced lines on a map that cross one another at right angles and are numbered to enable the precise location of a place (地图上便于查找地点所在位置的)坐标方格 ■a pattern of lines marking the starting places on a motor-racing track (汽车赛车道上的)始发线 first away from the grid. 率先越过赛车道始发线。 ■(Electronics)an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a thermionic valve or cathode ray tube, serving to control or modulate the flow of electrons (电子)(控制)栅极 ■(Computing)a number of computers linked together via the Internet so that their combined power may be harnessed to work on difficult problems (计算机)计算机联网
verb
[with obj.][usu. as adj. gridded]put into or set out as a grid 使…构成网格状;布置成网格结构 a well-planned core of gridded streets. 由网格状街道构成的精心规划的中心城区。
常用词组 off the grid
(chiefly US)not connected to the basic services, especially electricity