mesh

maille, grillage

Matériau fait de fils ou de brins métalliques croisés, laissant de nombreux petits trous.

En anglais simple : Material made from crossing wires or threads, with many small holes between them.

• The window is covered with mesh.
• A wire mesh fence surrounds the garden.
• The bag has small mesh pockets.

Synonymes : netting

Expressions courantes : wire mesh, fine mesh, mesh fence, mesh screen

maille

Un des trous entre les fils ou les brins métalliques d’un filet ou d’un grillage.

En anglais simple : One of the holes between the threads or wires of a net.

• Each mesh is too small for the fish to escape.
• The fisherman checked the size of each mesh.
• A twig was caught in one mesh of the net.

Synonymes : opening

Expressions courantes : size of mesh, each mesh, small mesh

s’accorder, s’harmoniser

Bien s’accorder ou bien fonctionner ensemble.

En anglais simple : To fit or work well together.

• Our personalities mesh well.
• His plans did not mesh with mine.
• The music meshed perfectly with the pictures.

Comment l'utiliser : mesh with something (Her teaching style meshes with the school’s approach.)

Synonymes : fit, harmonize

Contraires : clash

Expressions courantes : mesh well, mesh with something

s’engrener

S’emboîter de façon que les dents d’une pièce entrent dans les espaces d’une autre.

En anglais simple : To fit together so that the teeth of one part enter the spaces in another.

• The gears mesh smoothly.
• These teeth do not mesh with the other wheel.
• The mechanic adjusted the gears until they meshed.

Comment l'utiliser : mesh with something (The small gear meshes with the larger wheel.)

Synonymes : interlock, engage

Contraires : disengage

Expressions courantes : gears mesh, mesh with something