mesh
n
1
(a) [C, U] (piece of) material made of a network of wire, thread, etc 网状物
(a) wire mesh on the front of the chicken coop 鸡笼正面的铁丝网
stockings made of fine silk mesh 细网眼长丝袜.
(b) [C] any of the spaces in such material 网眼; 筛孔
a net with half-inch meshes/with a half-inch mesh 有半英寸网孔的网.
2 [C esp pl 尤作复数]
network, esp for trapping sth 网状结构; (尤指捕捉某物的)网
a fish tangled in the mesh(es) of the net 卡在网眼上的一条鱼
(fig 比喻) entangled in the meshes/a mesh of political intrigue 陷入政治阴谋的罗网.
3 (idm 习语) in mesh (of the teeth of gears) engaged; interlocked (指齿轮的齿)相啮合. mesh, v [I, Ipr]
~ (with sth)
(a) (of toothed gears) engage; interlock (with others) (指齿轮)啮合
The cogs don't quite mesh. 这些轮齿啮合不严.
(b) (fig 比喻) harmonize; be compatible; fit in 协调; 相配; 配合; 适应
Our future plans must mesh with existing practices. 我们未来的计画必须与当前的实践相合.
It'll make the cabbage plants grow big and strong.
它能使白菜秧长得又大又壮。
You'll be all right soon.
你很快就会好的。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.