national grid• Isobel Drury, of the society, warned against plans to solve water shortages through a national grid or local water grids.• Landcorp, which administered government buildings and land; and Electricorp, which operated the power stations and the national grid.• For a start it is 40 percentcheaper than electricity from the national grid.• The plant will generate around 30 megawatts of electricity, which will be fed into the national grid.• In the 17-monthperiod from March 1980 to August 1981 alone, 15 units were connected to the national grid.• Dounreay was chosen because it possessescablelinks to the national grid and a suitablecoastal site.• It said it would cut the power supply to the national grid if its demands were not met.• The resulting uniform frequency of energy allows synchronisation with the national grid.
1pattern of lines that cross each other網格ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRID | GRID + NOUNADJECTIVE➤rectangular, square矩形方格;正方形網格▸➤regular規則的格柵▸➤street (especially NAmE) 縱橫的街道形成的網格◇the Manhattan street grid曼哈頓棋盤式的街道佈局VERB + GRID➤superimpose叠加網格◇We superimposed a grid over the image.我們在這張圖像上面加了網格。GRID + NOUN➤line, pattern, square, system格網線;格網狀;格網方格;格網系統◇The artist drew a set of grid lines over the area to be painted.畫家在要作畫的區域畫上了一些網線。grid
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2system of squares drawn on a map地圖上的座標方格GRID + NOUN➤line, reference, square座標線;格網座標;格網方格◇The grid lines on the map run north-south.地圖上的座標線呈南北走向。◇A grid reference gives the position of a place to within 100 m.格網座標標示某一地點的位置精確到 100 米以內。grid
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3 (especially BrE) system of electric cables輸電網絡ADJECTIVE | GRID + NOUNADJECTIVE➤electric, electrical, electricity, power, utility (NAmE) 電網;輸電網;電力網;公用事業電網▸➤national (especially BrE) 全國輸電網GRID + NOUN➤system電力網◇Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system.電力可以從風力發電機流入輸電網。