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netting
網,結網,網魚
netting
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Net·ting n.
1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.
2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
3. Naut. A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding.
Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See Needle, n., 3.
Net, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Netted p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.]
1. To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk.
2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott.
3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
Net, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.] To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.
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Net·ting, n. Urine. [Prov. Eng.]
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net
adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: nett]
[ant: gross]
2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
"a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last]
n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of
computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols
to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: Internet,
cyberspace]
2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: net income, net profit, lucre, profit, profits,
earnings]
4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the
playing area in tennis or badminton
6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at
regular intervals [syn: network, mesh, meshing, meshwork]
v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn:
sack, sack up, clear]
2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
[syn: clear]
3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web]
4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: nett]
[also: netting, netted]
netting
n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze,
veiling]
2: creating netting