1 N-COUNT 轮;轮子;车轮 The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground. 轮;轮子;车轮
Something
on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.
带轮子的,底部装有轮子的 2 N-COUNT 机轮 A wheel is a circular object which forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part. 机轮
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] 方向盘 The wheel of a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it. The wheel is used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone is at the wheel of a car, they are driving it. 方向盘
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My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel.
我的副驾驶突然抓住了方向盘。
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Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back toward the cottage.
由柯蒂斯开车,他们启程返回小屋。
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Roberto handed Flynn the keys and let him take the wheel.
罗伯托把钥匙递给弗林,让他开车。
4 N-PLURAL 汽车 People sometimes refer to a car as wheels . 汽车 [informal]
5 VERB 推(带轮子的物体) If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along. 推(带轮子的物体)
SYN push, trundle, roll
6 VERB (动物、鸟禽等)转圈,旋转,盘旋 If something such as a group of animals or birds wheels, it moves in a circle. (动物、鸟禽等)转圈,旋转,盘旋 [literary]
SYN circle, orbit, go round, twirl
7 VERB (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身 If you wheel around, you turn around suddenly where you are standing, often because you are surprised, shocked, or angry. (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身
SYN turn, swing, spin, revolve
8 N-SING [the NOUN of n] (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮 You use wheel in expressions such as the wheel of fortune to refer to the changes that take place in life, especially when you are referring to the fact that the same situations occur more than once. (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮
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The wheel of fortune will swing round again; in politics, it always does.
风水会轮流转;在政治上,它总是如此。
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In his view the wheel of history could not be turned back.
在他看来历史的车轮不能倒退。
9 N-PLURAL (组织或系统的)运作方式 People talk about the wheels of an organization or system to mean the way in which it operates. to oil the wheels→see: oil (组织或系统的)运作方式
10 PHRASE (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况 If you say that there are wheels within wheels, you mean that there are a number of different influences, reasons, and actions which together make a situation complicated and difficult to understand. (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况
11 See also: Catherine wheel meals on wheels potter's wheel spare wheel spinning wheel steering wheel water wheel
Word Partnership | Use wheel with: |
N. | wheel of a car/truck/vehicle 1 3 |
VERB. | grip the wheel, slide behind the wheel, spin the wheel, turn the wheel 3 |
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