grid

grid
noun
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  1. [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
  1. (chiefly US)not connected to the basic services, especially electricity
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: back-formation from gridiron
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