Network

['netwɜːk] or ['nɛtwɝk]

解释:

(noun.) (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; 'the networks compete to broadcast important sports events'.

(noun.) (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits.

(noun.) a system of intersecting lines or channels; 'a railroad network'; 'a network of canals'.

(noun.) an interconnected system of things or people; 'he owned a network of shops'; 'retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life'; 'tangled in a web of cloth'.

(verb.) communicate with and within a group; 'You have to network if you want to get a good job'.

编辑:帕梅拉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.

(n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

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