| 单词 | net |
| 释义 | noun | adjective | verb netnet1 /nɛt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 the Net (also the net) computers the Internet: I order most of my clothes on the Net (=using the Net). I found some really good sites on the Net (=located on the Net). Are you on the Net (=do you have a connection to it) at home? He spends most evenings surfing the Net (=looking at different websites). You can download music from the Net.2[countable, uncountable] a material made of strings, threads, or wires woven across each other with regular spaces between them, or something made from this material: a fishing net3[usually singular] a)a long net used in games such as tennis that the players must hit the ball over b)a net used as a goal in some games such as basketball, soccer, or hockey: The puck went straight into the net.4[uncountable] very thin material made from fine threads woven together with very small spaces between the threads: The bride wore a veil made of ivory net.5[countable] material used for keeping things off something, especially insects or birds: a mosquito net6[countable] computers a communications or computer network [Origin: Old English nett] → see also cast your net wide at cast1 (14), hairnet, safety net noun | adjective | verb netnet2 ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 1social studies, economics relating to the final amount or number that remains when all the gains and losses that affect the total have been calculated: net profits/assets/income etc. (=what remains after taxes, costs, etc. have been taken away) The company’s net worth is over $8 billion. The Democrats had a net gain of 20 seats. There was a net loss of 164,000 jobs. → see also gross12net result/effect (of something) the final result of something: The net result of the plan will be higher costs to the consumer. → see also net price, net weight noun | adjective | verb netnet3 verb (netted, netting) [transitive] 1social studies, economics to earn a particular amount of money as a profit after taxes have been paid: I was netting around $64,000 a year.► see thesaurus at earn2to succeed in getting something, especially by using your skill: The police raid netted 22 suspects. The Democrats netted 58 percent of the vote.3to catch a fish in a net4informal to hit or kick the ball into the net in sport |
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