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铁丝网
  • [tiěsīwǎnɡ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

铁丝网 [tiěsīwǎnɡ]
  1. 1. noun A wire netting; a wire meshes.
    他正坐在院子里用铁丝编一个铁丝网。
    He is sitting in the yard weaving iron wire.
  2. 2. noun A barbed wire entanglement; a netting obstacle using barbed or wire entanglement that is fixed on stakes to stop enemy infantry from advancing or protect an off-limit zone, warehouse or construction site.
    监狱为防止犯人逃走, 在四周的围墙上布满了铁丝网。
    To prevent the prisoners from escaping, they have laid iron wires around the prison.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

铁丝网 [tiěsīwǎnɡ]
  1. 1. 名 铁丝编成的网。
  2. 2. 名 把铁蒺藜固定在桩上而构成的网状障碍物,用以阻止敌兵前进或保护禁区、仓库及建筑工地等。
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Examples

通电的铁丝网
electrified (or live) wire entanglements → 通电
他正坐在院子里用铁丝编一个铁丝网。
He is sitting in the yard weaving iron wire. → 铁丝网
监狱为防止犯人逃走, 在四周的围墙上布满了铁丝网。
To prevent the prisoners from escaping, they have laid iron wires around the prison. → 铁丝网

Word Decomposition

铁
[tiě] 		+ 丝
[sī] 		+ 网
[wǎng]

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