- [uncountable, countable]
material made of a network of wire or plastic threads 網狀物；網狀織物 wire mesh over the door of the cage 罩在籠子門上的鐵絲網 Nets should have fine meshes to trap small particles. 網應該有細網來捕捉小顆粒。 The windows are covered with a fine wire mesh. 窗戶上覆蓋着細鐵絲網。
- [countable, usually singular]
the spaces between the individual wires or threads that form a mesh 網格： 形成網格的各個導線或線之間的空間If the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through. 假如網眼太大, 小兔子就會逃脫。
- [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. 她覺得自己被困在忠誠和内疚的網中。 trapped in a mesh of political intrigue 被困在政治陰謀的網中
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.