喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 net (for catching) · net (after deductions)

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net

n, v

核心畫面

Picture a mesh: strings or wires crossed over each other with small holes between them. You sweep it through water to catch fish, hang it across a court for tennis, or stretch it behind a goal. The same crossed-thread picture stretches to any web that catches or filters people — and to the verb, where you catch or land something good in it.

可以想成一張網目：線或鐵絲交錯編成、中間留著小孔。你拿它在水裡撈魚、把它張在球場中間打網球、或撐在球門後面接球。這個…更多收起可以想成一張網目：線或鐵絲交錯編成、中間留著小孔。你拿它在水裡撈魚、把它張在球場中間打網球、或撐在球門後面接球。這個「交織成網、有孔」的畫面延伸到任何用來攔捕、過濾人的系統——也延伸成動詞：把好東西網進來、撈到手。

A second word, same spelling

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net

a, v

核心畫面

This 'net' is a different word that just shares the spelling: the amount that's left once everything else — tax, costs, the container — has been stripped away. Picture the final clean figure at the bottom, after all the is done. Not the woven mesh at all.

這個 net 是另一個只是拼法相同的字：把稅、成本、包裝這些通通扣掉之後，剩下的那個數。可以想成一筆帳算到最後、扣光…更多收起這個 net 是另一個只是拼法相同的字：把稅、成本、包裝這些通通扣掉之後，剩下的那個數。可以想成一筆帳算到最後、扣光該扣的，底下那個乾乾淨淨的數字。和「網子」完全無關。

原始詞典資料32 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Netname詞源 2

  • 1

    A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms).

    • Grandmother used my full middle name when she was talking about me. “Net's, short for Jeannette, baby,” Grandmother proudly answered each time. They all knew who Net was. “Net's gone back to Cincinnati,” she added.
    • But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for you, Net. 'Cuz I'm not like my parents. I want what's best for you. Always. You know that, right?” “Yeah.” Mom pauses the way she does before she's about to say something she thinks is a part[…]

netnoun詞源 1/nɛt/

  • 1

    A mesh of string, cord or rope.

    • a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 4

    Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

    • Petri net
  • 5

    A trap.

    • A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
    • caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
  • 6

    geometrymathematicssciencesAny set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.

  • 7

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

  • 8

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

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    hobbieslifestylesportsA 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.
    • The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
  • 10

    hobbieslifestylesportsA mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

  • 11

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

netverb詞源 1/nɛt/

  • 1

    To catch by means of a net.

  • 2

    To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

    • And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
  • 3

    To enclose or cover with a net.

    • Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
    • Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
  • 4

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo score (a goal).

    • Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
    • Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
  • 5

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo hit the ball into the net.

    • Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
  • 6

    To form a netting or network; to knit.

    • I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.

netadj詞源 2/nɛt/

  • 1

    Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

    • net wine
  • 2

    Remaining after expenses or deductions.

    • Near-synonym: take-home
    • net profit; net weight
  • 3

    Final; end.

    • net result; net conclusion
  • 4

    obsoleteGood, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

    • Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]

netadv詞源 2/nɛt/

  • 1

    After expenses or deductions.

    • You'll have $5000 net.

netnoun詞源 2/nɛt/

  • 1

    The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.

    • Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.
    • The net on that container was only fourteen tons.

netverb詞源 2/nɛt/

  • 1

    To receive as profit.

    • The company nets $30 on every sale.
  • 2

    To yield as profit for.

    • The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
  • 3

    To fully hedge a position.

    • Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.

netverb詞源 3/nɛt/

  • 1

    dialectalTo clean, wash, rinse.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。