tyre
Word family adjectivetyredtyrelessnountyre
Transport
tyre British EnglishBrE, tire American English /taɪə $ taɪr/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] 
TTa thick rubber ring that fits around the wheel of a car, bicycle etc 轮胎 I had a flat tyre (=all the air went out of it) on the way home.
回家的路上我的轮胎瘪了。
The spare tyre's in the boot.
备用轮胎在行李箱里。
front/rear/back tyre
→ spare tyre →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 bicycle, car a punctured front tyre
被扎破的前轮胎
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tyre
a front/rear tyre
I bought a set of new front tyres.
a flat tyre (=one which the air has come out of)
I had a flat tyre and had to walk home.
a burst tyre
On lap two, Millar suffered a burst tire, which caused him to crash.
a bald tyre (=one which has worn smooth)
When police officers examined the car, they discovered that it had two bald tyres.
a car/lorry/bicycle etc tyre
They sell and fit car tyres.
a spare tyre
verbsAlways carry a spare tire.
change a tyre
I have never changed a tyre or looked under a bonnet.
puncture a tyre
tyre + NOUNThe tyre had punctured and had to be replaced.
the tyre pressure (=the force of the air in a tyre)
Have you checked the tyre pressure?
tyre marks (also tyre tracks) (=marks left by tyres)
There were tire marks on the road close to where the crash happened.
Examples from the Corpus
tyre• The Wheel Wheeler slides under the punctured tyre when it is raised off the ground.• The team chose a wet front and an intermediate rear tyre.• Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time.• Sparks and flames were threatening to spread to the tyre.• Voice over It's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters.• Then, a group of youths rolled a tractor tyre towards the police line.• With, depending on your tyre sizes, Range Rover 3.54:1 diffs and the already fitted overdrive.
flat tyre• Warren Clarke makes a superbly unattractive and boorish Vic, face in repose like a flat tyre.• At Bicester it hit a roundabout but kept going with a flat tyre heading for Milton Keynes.• A flat tyre once we've cleared El Misti.
(1700-1800) tire “metal plates around a cart wheel” ((15-19 centuries)), probably from tire “equipment” ((14-18 centuries)), from attire; → ATTIRE