grid: [19] Grid is simply an abbreviated version of gridiron [13]. This in turn seems to have been an alteration (through association with iron) of griddle [13], which is traceable back via Old French gridil to a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *crāticulum, a diminutive form of Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’ (from which English gets grate). A parallel feminine Vulgar Latin derivative, crāticula, produced English grill [17] and grille [17]. => grate, griddle, grill
grid (n.)
1839, shortening of gridiron or griddle. City planning sense is from 1954 (hence gridlock). Meaning "network of transmission lines" first recorded 1926.
雙語例句
1. Wires criss-cross between the tops of the poles, forming a grid.
電線桿頂端的電線相互交錯，形成電線網(wǎng)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Ferrari of Alain Prost will be second on the grid.
阿蘭·普羅斯特的法拉利賽車將排在起跑線的第二位。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Many canals were built along map grid lines.
很多運河是按照地圖上的坐標線開鑿的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. New York's grid of streets
紐約棋盤式的街道布局
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system.