English Dictionary

net

/nɛt/

noun

A mesh of string, cord or rope. / A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. / A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

I caught a fish in my net.

意味（1）

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net

意味（2）

A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

意味（3）

A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed.

意味（4）

Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

Petri net

意味（5）

(by extension) A trap.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

意味（6）

(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.

意味（7）

A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.

意味（8）

(electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.

意味（9）

(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.

意味（10）

(sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

意味（11）

(tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).