grid
n
1 framework of crossing or parallel metal or wooden bars; grating (金屬的或木的)格子; 柵欄
a `cattle-grid, ie one covering a ditch to prevent cattle from straying onto a main road, etc 牲口柵子(置於溝渠上者, 以防牲口走上公路).
2
(a) network of lines, esp crossing at right angles 網格; (尤指)方格
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New York is laid out on a grid pattern. 紐約展示在網格圖上.
(b) network of squares on a map, numbered for reference (地圖上的)坐標方格
[attrib 作定語]
the grid reference of a place on a map 地圖上某地的坐標方格數字. =>illus at map 見map插圖.
3 system of electric-power cables or gas-supply lines for distributing power evenly over a large area 輸電網; 煤氣輸送網
the National Grid, ie the network of electricity supply in Britain (英國)國家輸電網.
4 pattern of lines marking the starting-places on a car-racing track 賽車跑道上標志起點的平行線.