单词 | wire |
释义 | wire¹ 1.(thread of metal)金属丝;金属线 a length of wire一段金属线 You can mend it with pliers and a length of wire.你可以用钳子和一段铁丝修理它。 fine copper wire细铜丝 2.(cable)电缆 3.(electrical conductor)电线;(尤指)导线 He touched a wire and was immediately electrocuted.他碰到了电线, 当即触电身亡。 gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls探测墙内电线、管道和木材的装置 4.(fence)金属丝制品;铁丝网;金属网 5.【电信】电话线;电报线 I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.我把通到他办公室的电话线扯掉了。 the voltage of the overhead wires架空电线的电压 6.<非正式>=telegram 7.(string)(吉他、钢琴等的)金属弦 8.<主美,加拿大>(finish line)(赛马场的)终点线 9.(screen for paper making)造纸丝网 10.(something like wire)(头发等)丝状物 11.(snare)(用于抓捕兔子等的)金属网笼 idiom wire² ◆to get in under the wire<美,加拿大,非正式>刚好来得及完成;在最后一刻完成 ◆to get your wires crossed<非正式>误会 I think someone has got their wires crossed and made a mistake.我觉得有人误会了才犯了一个错误。 ◆to pull wires<美,加拿大>(尤指通过私人关系)在幕后牵线, 暗中施加影响 ◆to take it to the wire(为赢得比赛或冠军)拼到最后一刻 ◆the wire<非正式>电话 Get on the wire to head office.接通总部电话。 ◆to the wire<非正式>到最后一刻 Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.谈判人员又一次直到最后时刻才达成了协议。 + rack, basket, cage, fence, frame金属丝的;金属丝做的 wire³ 🄰 vt. 1.(send telegram to)+ person给…发电报 I wired Renata yesterday and asked her to marry me.我昨天发电报给雷娜塔, 向她求婚。 He wired the chairman immediately.他马上给主席发了电报。 If I get another tummy ache, I will wire you to come.如果我再肚子疼, 我会发电报让你来。 2.(send electronically)用电报传送;+ money电汇 They arranged to wire the money from the United States.他们准备从美国把钱电汇过来。 Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts.调查人员说有近10万美元汇入了嫌疑人的银行账户。 They wired back a long list of books.他们用电报发回了一长串书单。 3.+ house, plug, appliance, lamp, stereo给…布线;给…装电线 I can wire my own house.我会给自己的房子布电线。 a badly wired appliance一台布线很糟糕的电器 Lamps should be safely wired.电灯应安全布线。 So you can wire a plug, can you?这么说你会给插头接线, 是吗? 4.(fasten)用金属线固定;给…装金属线 5.(connect to cable)(为接收有线电视)给…安装光纤 Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television.各户都有安保系统, 还接收有线电视。 6.(string)把(珠子等)穿到线上 7.【体】(槌球中)将(球)置于可用铁环(或标杆)挡住其他球的位置 8.(snare)用金属网笼捕捉 🄱 vi. 发电报 Phrasal Verbswire in,wire together,wire up |
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