grid
n
1 framework of crossing or parallel metal or wooden bars; grating (金属的或木的)格子; 栅栏
a `cattle-grid, ie one covering a ditch to prevent cattle from straying onto a main road, etc 牲口栅子(置於沟渠上者, 以防牲口走上公路).
2
(a) network of lines, esp crossing at right angles 网格; (尤指)方格
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New York is laid out on a grid pattern. 纽约展示在网格图上.
(b) network of squares on a map, numbered for reference (地图上的)坐标方格
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the grid reference of a place on a map 地图上某地的坐标方格数字. =>illus at map 见map插图.
3 system of electric-power cables or gas-supply lines for distributing power evenly over a large area 输电网; 煤气输送网
the National Grid, ie the network of electricity supply in Britain (英国)国家输电网.
4 pattern of lines marking the starting-places on a car-racing track 赛车跑道上标志起点的平行线.
How are you getting to the airport? Is anybody seeing you off?
你打算怎样去机场?有人送你吗?
I want to improve, but I don't know how.
我想提高它,但又不知道怎么样才能提高。
Perhaps in those days I was. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. That night everything changed.