spoke
Word family adjectivespokedadverbspokewisenounspokeshavespoke
spoke1 /spəʊk $ spoʊk/ verb
x-refthe past tense of speak speak 的过去式
Bicycles, carts, horses
spoke2 noun [countableC] 1. 
TTBone of the thin metal bars which connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle 〔尤指自行车的〕轮辐，辐条 →5 see picture at 见图 bicycle1
TTBone of the thin metal bars which connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle 〔尤指自行车的〕轮辐，辐条 →5 see picture at 见图 bicycle12. put a spoke in somebody’s wheel British EnglishBrEPREVENT to prevent someone from doing something they have planned 阻挠某人的计划
Examples from the Corpus
spoke• He drew every spoke in the wheels, and the whole affair looked as if it had been instantaneously petrified or arrested.• Twenty four spokes slide over a fixed cam, so that as they move they change length and unbalance the wheel.• Her fingers still clung to the spokes, keeping one wheel out of action.• Schyns has re-invented the old idea of a wheel with unbalanced spokes.• Harper rode up to the man and saw the broken wheel spokes impaled in his belly and groin.
Old English spaca