off-grid
off-grid — 形容詞
1. describes a home, building, or way of life that takes nothing from the public po
離網；自給
不接公共水電瓦斯，靠自家設備供應
describes a home, building, or way of life that takes nothing from the public power, water, and gas networks, and instead runs on its own sources such as solar panels, a generator, or a private well.
The Hendersons built an off-grid cabin in the mountains, powered entirely by solar panels and a wood stove.
韓德森一家在山裡蓋了一間脫離供電網路的小木屋，全靠太陽能板和柴爐供電取暖。
off-grid + noun: off-grid cabin
After moving to rural Taitung, Mei-ling chose an off-grid lifestyle with rainwater tanks and a small wind turbine.
搬到台東鄉下後，美玲選擇了自給自足的生活，靠雨水收集桶和一座小型風力發電機過日子。
off-grid + noun: off-grid lifestyle
The cottage is completely off-grid, so guests heat water on the stove and read by lamplight at night.
這間小屋完全不接公共水電，所以客人得在爐子上燒熱水，晚上靠油燈看書。
Carlos installed an off-grid solar system on the farm after storms cut the village power for a third winter.
村裡連續第三個冬天因為暴風雨停電，卡洛斯就在農場裝了一套獨立運作的太陽能系統。
Many young families in Hualien now dream of going off-grid to lower their bills and grow their own food.
花蓮現在很多年輕家庭都想過自給自足的生活，藉此降低帳單支出，自己種菜吃。
- self-sufficient
broader; covers food and money too, not only utilities
- off-the-grid
same meaning; the longer form sounds slightly more conversational
- self-powered
narrower; usually about electricity only, not water or gas
- stand-alone
technical, used for systems and equipment rather than a way of life
- on-grid
directly opposite; connected to public utility networks
- grid-connected
common in solar and energy contexts
- mains-powered
British English; describes appliances or homes drawing from the public supply
文法句型
off-grid + noun (off-grid cabin / lifestyle / system)
be/live + off-grid
用法筆記
Often used attributively before nouns about housing or technology (off-grid home, off-grid system, off-grid living). Frequently follows go, live, or be when describing a lifestyle choice rather than a place. Sometimes written off grid (no hyphen) when used after a verb.