1 N-VAR 金属丝;金属线 A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current. 金属丝;金属线
2 N-COUNT 电线;导线;电缆 A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another. 电线;导线;电缆
SYN cable, lead, flex
3 VERB 在…里装电线;给…布线 If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it. 在…里装电线;给…布线 [Also V n P to/into n]
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...learning to wire and plumb the house herself. [VERB noun]
她学着自己给房子布线走管
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Lamps should be safely wired. [VERB noun]
电灯布线要安全稳妥。
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Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television. [be VERB-ed + for]
各户都有安防系统,还装了有线电视。
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...a badly wired appliance. [VERB-ed]
电路设计不合理的电器
Wire up means the same as
wire .
wire up 同 wire -
He was helping wire up the Channel Tunnel last season.
他上一季在协助英吉利海峡隧道的电缆铺设工作。
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Wire the thermometers up to trigger off an alarm bell if the temperature drops.
给温度计接上线,如果温度下降,报警铃就会响。
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Security experts wired up dozens of expensive plants to the main alarm system at his mansion.
安防专家在数十株名贵苗木上布线,使与其别墅的主控警报系统连接。
4 N-COUNT 同 telegram A wire is the same as a telegram . 同 telegram [mainly US]
5 VERB 给…发电报 If you wire a person, you send them a telegram. 给…发电报 [mainly US] [Also VERB]
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He wired the chairman immediately. [VERB noun]
他马上给主席发了电报。
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They wired back a long list of books. [V n with back]
他们用电报发回了一长串书单。
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If I get another tummy ache, I will wire you to come. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
如果我再肚子疼,我会发电报让你来。
6 VERB 电汇(款) If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message. 电汇(款) [mainly US] [Also VERB n]
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I'm wiring you some money. [VERB noun noun]
我要给你汇些钱。
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They arranged to wire the money from the United States. [VERB noun prep.]
他们安排从美国汇款。
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Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts. [VERB noun prep.]
调查人员说有近10万美元汇入了嫌疑人的银行账户。
SYN send, cable, telegraph
7 PHRASE 到最后一刻 If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment. 到最后一刻 [mainly journalism]
8 See also: barbed wire high wire hot-wire live wire
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