wheel
noun/wiːl/
/wiːl/
Idioms - [countable] one of the round objects under a car, bicycle, bus, etc. that turns when it moves
轮；车轮；轮子 - He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.
他猛然刹车，使得前车轮打滑了。 - the rear wheels of the car
汽车的后轮 - She was killed when she was crushed under the wheels of a bus.
她被一辆公共汽车的车轮压死了。 - I had lightweight wheels on my bike.
我的自行车上有轻质轮子。 - tractors with powered front wheels
前轮动力拖拉机 - on wheels One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels.
一个男孩用下面装着轮子的小箱子推着另一个男孩。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2- A tyre blew and we had to change the wheel.
车胎爆了，我们不得不更换轮胎。 - She braked too hard and the wheels locked.
她剎车太猛，车轮抱死了。 - She fell under the wheels of a bus.
她倒在了公共汽车的车轮下。 - The wheels were still going around.
轮子还在转动。 - the sound of wheels crunching over snow
车轮轧在雪地上的嘎吱嘎吱声
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bicycle
- car
- etc.
- …
- change
- replace
- go around
- go round
- spin
- …
- arch
- base
- bearings
- …
- on wheels
- under the wheels
- He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.
- [countable, usually singular] the round object used for controlling the direction in which a car, etc. or ship moves
（汽车等的）方向盘；（轮船的）舵轮 - Always keep both hands on the wheel.
双手始终握住方向盘。 - behind the wheel Never get behind the wheel if you're too tired.
切勿疲劳驾驶。 - This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident.
这是出车祸以来我头一次坐在方向盘前。 - at the wheel A car swept past with Laura at the wheel.
劳拉驱车疾驰而过。 - Do you want to take the wheel (= drive) now?
你现在想开车吗？ - She fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a tree.
她在方向盘上睡着了，撞到了一棵树上。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterb1- I drove the first 200 miles and then Steve took the wheel.
我先开了 200 英里，然后由史蒂夫驾驶。 - I saw the car drive past, but didn't recognize the woman behind the wheel.
我看见汽车开过去了，却没有认出开车的女子。 - I spend a lot of time behind the wheel.
我很多时间都在开车。 - The bus set off again with a fresh driver at the wheel.
公共汽车又出发了，由另一名司机驾驶。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + wheel- grip
- hold
- turn
- …
- lock
- at the wheel
- behind the wheel
- keep your hands on the steering wheel
- put your hands on the steering wheel
- take your hands off the steering wheel
- …
- Always keep both hands on the wheel.
- wheels[plural] (informal) a car
汽车 - At last he had his own wheels.
他终于有了自己的汽车。
- At last he had his own wheels.
- [countable] a flat, round part in a machine
机轮 - gear wheels
齿轮
- gear wheels
- wheels[plural] wheel (of something) an organization or a system that seems to work like a complicated machine that is difficult to understand
错综复杂的机构（或系统） - the wheels of bureaucracy/commerce/government
复杂的官僚／商务／政府机构 - It was Rob's idea. I merely set the wheels in motion (= started the process).
这是罗布的主意。我只不过是让它运作起来而已。
- the wheels of bureaucracy/commerce/government
- (in adjectives) having the number or type of wheels mentioned
有…轮的 - a sixteen-wheeled lorry
十六轮大卡车
- a sixteen-wheeled lorry
- (in nouns) a car, bicycle, etc. with the number of wheels mentioned
有…轮子的汽车（或自行车等） - a three-wheeler
三轮机动车
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bicycle
- car
- etc.
- …
- change
- replace
- go around
- go round
- spin
- …
- arch
- base
- bearings
- …
- on wheels
- under the wheels
- a three-wheeler
on/in vehicles
in machine
organization/system
-wheeled
-wheeler
Word OriginOld English hwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’.
Idioms
asleep at the wheel | asleep on the job
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
- not paying enough attention to what you need to do
因漫不经心而未尽到职责 - Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
希望监管机构不会麻痹大意。 - They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.
金融危机恶化之时他们疏于职守。 - Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen.
一定有人在开关处睡着了，才会发生这种情况。
- Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
a cog in the machine/wheel
- (informal) a person who is a small part of a large organization
（大机构中的）小职员，小成员
oil the wheels (British English)
(North American English grease the wheels)
- to help something to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics
（尤指在商业上或政治上）起促进作用
put your shoulder to the wheel
- to start working very hard at a particular task
着手大干起来；全力以赴 - Everyone is going to have to put their shoulder to the wheel.
每个人都必须全力以赴。
- Everyone is going to have to put their shoulder to the wheel.
put a spoke in somebody’s wheel
- (British English) to prevent somebody from putting their plans into operation
破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人实行计划
reinvent the wheel
- to waste time creating something that already exists and works well
重复发明；无谓地重复；浪费时间做无用功 - There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel.
我们没有必要重新发明轮子。
- There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel.
wheels within wheels
- a situation that is difficult to understand because it involves complicated or secret processes and decisions
错综复杂；盘根错节 - There are wheels within wheels in this organization—you never really know what is going on.
这个机构里错综复杂，你永远搞不清到底是怎么回事。
- There are wheels within wheels in this organization—you never really know what is going on.