mesh
n
1
(a) [C, U] (piece of) material made of a network of wire, thread, etc 網狀物
(a) wire mesh on the front of the chicken coop 雞籠正面的鐵絲網
stockings made of fine silk mesh 細網眼長絲襪.
(b) [C] any of the spaces in such material 網眼; 篩孔
a net with half-inch meshes/with a half-inch mesh 有半英寸網孔的網.
2 [C esp pl 尤作復數]
network, esp for trapping sth 網狀結構; (尤指捕捉某物的)網
a fish tangled in the mesh(es) of the net 卡在網眼上的一條魚
(fig 比喻) entangled in the meshes/a mesh of political intrigue 陷入政治陰謀的羅網.
3 (idm 習語) in mesh (of the teeth of gears) engaged; interlocked (指齒輪的齒)相嚙合. mesh, v [I, Ipr]
~ (with sth)
(a) (of toothed gears) engage; interlock (with others) (指齒輪)嚙合
The cogs don't quite mesh. 這些輪齒嚙合不嚴.
(b) (fig 比喻) harmonize; be compatible; fit in 協調; 相配; 配合; 適應
Our future plans must mesh with existing practices. 我們未來的計畫必須與當前的實踐相合.