- [uncountable, countable]
material made of a network of wire or plastic threads 网状物；网状织物 wire mesh over the door of the cage 罩在笼子门上的铁丝网 Nets should have fine meshes to trap small particles. 网应该有细网来捕捉小颗粒。 The windows are covered with a fine wire mesh. 窗户上覆盖着细铁丝网。
- [countable, usually singular]
the spaces between the individual wires or threads that form a mesh 网格： 形成网格的各个导线或线之间的空间If the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through. 假如网眼太大, 小兔子就会逃脱。
- [countable, usually singular]
a complicated situation or system that it is difficult to escape from 陷阱；困境；圈套 She felt trapped in a mesh of loyalty and guilt. 她觉得自己被困在忠诚和内疚的网中。 trapped in a mesh of political intrigue 被困在政治阴谋的网中
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.