Definition

Noun: - Mesh, mesh opening: The open space between the knots or intersections in a net. This is the literal meaning referring to the individual hole or square in a netting structure. - Mesh size: Often used to refer to the size or density of the netting, determined by the size of these openings.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con cá nhỏ đã lọt qua mắt lưới. (The small fish slipped through the mesh of the net.)
  • Lưới đánh cá này có mắt lưới rất nhỏ. (This fishing net has a very small mesh size.)
  • Anh ấy kiểm tra từng mắt lưới để tìm chỗ rách. (He checked every mesh opening to find the tear.)

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use - Loophole, gap: Used metaphorically to describe a gap, oversight, or loophole in a system, plan, or law that allows something to escape or be missed.
  • Kế hoạch có nhiều mắt lưới, cần phải bổ sung. (The plan has many gaps/loopholes and needs to be supplemented.)
  • Tội phạm công nghệ cao thường tìm ra những mắt lưới trong pháp luật. (High-tech criminals often find loopholes in the law.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưới (n): Net. The main object of which 'mắt lưới' is a part.
• Mắt cáo (n): Chain-link (in a fence). A similar concept for the openings in a wire fence.
• Ô lưới (n): Net square. A less common synonym.

Synonyms

• Lỗ lưới: Net hole. (A more direct, descriptive synonym.)
• Khoảng trống lưới: Net gap/opening.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Lọt mắt lưới: To slip through the net/mesh.
  • Used both literally (for fish) and figuratively (for criminals, errors, etc.).
  • Một số chi tiết quan trọng đã lọt mắt lưới kiểm tra. (Some important details slipped through the inspection net.)
• Mắc vào mắt lưới: To get caught in the mesh/net.
  • Chiếc lá mắc vào mắt lưới. (The leaf got caught in the mesh.)

noun

1. mesh