tyre
/ˈtaɪə(r)/( <美> tire)
noun
1- a rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road轮胎。
1.1
- a strengthening band of metal fitted around the rim of a wheel, especially of a railway vehicle轮箍。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting the curved pieces of iron plate with which carriage wheels were formerly shod)： perhaps a variant of archaic tire, shortening of ATTIRE （because the tyre was the 'clothing'of the wheel）.