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| /wiːl/ |
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| 1 | a round object that turns round and round to make a car , bicycle , or other vehicle move 轮子；车轮 |
| abicycle/wagon/car wheel 自行车/马车/汽车轮子 |
| front/rear wheels 前轮/后轮 |
| on wheels a TV table on wheels 带轮子的电视桌 |
| | 1a | plural a car 汽车 | | The girls go for the boy with the nicest-looking wheels. 这些女孩喜欢那个有最漂亮汽车的男孩。 | |
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| 2 | a round part inside a machine that fits into another similar part and makes it turn 齿轮 |
| | 2a | any machine or piece of equipment that is shaped like a wheel or has a wheel as its main part 轮状物；轮盘 | | aspinning/potter’ s/roulette wheel 手纺车/制陶工人/轮盘赌具上的轮盘 | |
| | 2b | the steering wheel that is used for controlling a car or other vehicle 驾驶盘；方向盘 | | She had to turn the wheel sharply to avoid the dog. 为了避开那只狗，她不得不急忙掉转方向盘。 | | take the wheel (=to drive) Would you like me to take the wheel for a while? 驾驶 | | at/behind the wheel (=driving) It seems he had a heart attack at the wheel. 在驾驶 | | Ican’ t wait to get behind the wheel again. 我巴不得能再开车。 | |
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| 3 | wheels plural processes or forces that cause things to happen or cause progress to be made 推动力；机构 |
| the wheels of industry/justice/government The wheels of government grind very slowly. 政府机构运转十分缓慢。 |
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| - | keep the wheels turning
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| to make something continue to happen or operate |
| 使继续进行；使继续运转 |
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| - | set the wheels in motion
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| to do the thing that is necessary to make a process start |
| 使运转起来 |
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| - | third/fifthwheel
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| someone in an organization or team who is not really needed |
| 不需要的人；冗员 |
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| - | wheel of fortune
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| used for referring to the fact that situations can change very quickly from good to bad or from bad to good |
| 运气转盘；人生沉浮 |
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| - | wheels within wheels BRITISH informal
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| used for saying that something is complicated and involves a lot of things you do not understand |
| 错综复杂的事物 |
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| See also | | - big wheel | | - reinvent | | - shoulder 1 | |
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