| 释义 |
wheel/wi:l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate the motion of a vehicle or for various mechanical purposes 轮子；车轮；机轮 2 a wheel-like thing 轮状物 Catherine wheel 凯瑟琳轮; potter's wheel 陶钧; steering wheel 方向盘 3 motion as of a wheel, esp. the movement of a line of people with one end as a pivot 旋转运动(尤指排成一横排的人以一端为轴心的转动) 4 a machine etc. of which a wheel is an essential part (以轮子为主要部件的)机器等 5 (in pl. 用复数) slang a car [俚语]汽车 6 = STEERING WHEEL 7 US slang [美] [俚语] = BIG WHEEL 2 8 a set of short lines concluding a stanza 叠句，副歌 ●v. 1 intr. & tr.a turn on an axis or pivot (绕轴或轴心)转动，滚动 b swing round in line with one end as a pivot (以一端为中心)旋转 2a intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 about, round, US [美] around) change direction or face another way 转弯；转身 b tr. cause to do this 使转弯；使转变方向 3 tr. push or pull (a wheeled thing esp. a barrow, bicycle, or pram, or its load or occupant) 推或拉(有轮子的东西，尤指手推车、自行车、婴儿车或其载的物或人) 4 intr. go in circles or curves 转圈；盘旋 seagulls wheeling overhead 在空中盘旋的海鸥 □ at the wheel 1 driving a vehicle 驾驶，开车 2 directing a ship 掌舵 3 in control of affairs 控制，掌管 □ on wheels (or oiled wheels) Brit. smoothly [英]顺利地 □ wheel and deal engage in political or commercial scheming (在政界或生意场上)搞阴谋诡计 □ wheels within wheels Brit. [英] 1 intricate machinery 结构复杂的机器或机构 2 colloq. indirect or secret agencies [口]间接或秘密的作用或动力 □ wheeled adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ wheelless adj.[Old English hwēol, hwēogol, from Germanic] |