grille
grille — 名詞
1. a covering made from thin metal strips or wires that is fitted across building o
格柵；鐵柵
金屬條製成的防護結構
a covering made from thin metal strips or wires that is fitted across building openings — like windows, doors, or vents — to allow air or sound through while keeping larger objects or people out. Many shop fronts, for example, have a grille that the owner pulls down after closing time.
The shop owner pulled down the metal grille over the door after closing time.
店主在打烊後拉下了門口那扇金屬鐵柵。
Action: pull down a grille
Gabriel could hear the rain through the grille on his bedroom window.
Gabriel 可以透過臥室窗戶的鐵柵聽見雨聲。
Collocation: hear through a grille
Pieces of paper and dust had collected behind the grille of the air-conditioning unit.
冷氣機格柵的後面積了一堆紙屑和灰塵。
The bank teller spoke to customers through a small grille in the secure window.
銀行行員透過安全窗上的小格柵和顧客對話。
Thick iron grilles covered every window on the ground floor of the old house.
那棟老房子一樓的每扇窗戶都裝了厚厚的鐵柵。
- grate
similar overlapping structure, but 'grate' usually refers to a heavy parallel-bar cover set into a floor or ground surface, while 'grille' is more often vertical or on a wall
- grating
can be used interchangeably with 'grille' in many contexts, but 'grating' can also suggest a coarser, more industrial grid
- screen
a broader term that includes any mesh, netting, or perforated covering; 'grille' is more specific to metal bars or wire
文法句型
[article] + grille
grille + of + [noun]
[noun] + grille
through/behind + [article] + grille
用法筆記
Often fitted on the outside of buildings, especially shops and older houses, as a security measure. A grille can be fixed in place or designed to slide or roll down over an opening.