mesh

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mesh1 /meʃ/ noun  1  TIM[countable, uncountable] material made from threads or wires that have been woven together like a net, or a piece of this material 〔用线或金属丝编织的〕网状（织）物；网线 The windows were covered in wire mesh to keep out flies. 窗户上装了铁丝纱网，防止苍蝇飞入。 a mesh fence 网状围栏2  [countable usually singular] literary a complicated or difficult situation or system 错综复杂的局面；罗网mesh of She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame. 她感觉自己被忠贞和廉耻这张传统的网束缚住了。

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mesh• Through this dense mesh, proposals for change must pass.• an iron mesh fence• The smaller the mesh the more expensive the net, so there is no point in using a smaller mesh than necessary.• She ran right up against the screen where McMurphy was and hooked her fingers through the mesh and pulled herself against it.• Wire mesh covered the stained and permanently soiled windows.mesh of• In the 1880s the city was a mesh of Italian, Portuguese, Mexican and German immigrants.

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mesh2 verb [intransitive]  1  SUITABLEif two ideas or things mesh, they fit together very well 〔两个想法或事物〕相合，相配，相互协调mesh with His own ideas did not mesh with the views of the party. 他的主张和该政党的观点格格不入。2. TJOIN something TOGETHERif two parts of an engine or machine mesh, they fit closely together and connect with each other 〔引擎或机器部件〕啮合→ See Verb table

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mesh• Hopefully, at some point, it all meshes.• The Normans, that summer, began to mesh into the fabric of the new, alert life of the country.• Fortunately, they meshed nicely with the neo-mercantilist enthusiasms of the Labour government.• This charge meshes nicely with the slight positive charge on one side of water molecules.• The problems which are likely to be encountered in attempting to mesh such divergent data are both technical and philosophical.• Nor is it yet clear how the poems will mesh with the paintings in Venice.• That does not mesh with the reports from the region at the moment.• The proposed abortion plank does not mesh with the thinking of party leaders.mesh with• Meshing Celtic folk with punk, the Pogues' music is sweet, strong and exciting.Origin mesh1 (1300-1400) Probably from early Dutch maesche

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mesh¹ /meʃ/ noun1. [uncountable and countable] material made from threads or wires that have been woven together like a net, or a piece of this material:
    The windows were covered in wire mesh to keep out flies.
    a mesh fence
2. [countable usually singular] literary a complicated or difficult situation or system
    mesh of
    She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame.

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mesh² verb [intransitive]
1. if two ideas or things mesh, they fit together very well
    mesh with
    His own ideas did not mesh with the views of the party.
2. if two parts of an engine or machine mesh, they fit closely together and connect with each other