单词 | wheel |
释义 | wheel[hwi:l]n. 轮子, 车轮, 轮, 方向盘, 旋转, 机构, 重要人物vt. 使旋转, 转动, 使转向vi. 旋转, 转弯, 盘旋【医】 轮 wheel wheel AHD: [hw¶l, w¶l] D.J. [hwi8l, wi8l]K.K. [hwil, wil]n.(名词)1. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.轮子:由辐条连于轮毂之上的实心圆盘或坚硬的圆环,被设计用以围绕穿过其中心的轴旋转2. Something resembling such a disk or ring in appearance or movement or having a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as:轮状物:外观运行中类似于这样的圆盘或圆环的东西,或有一轮子为其最主要的部件或特性,如:3. The steering device on a vehicle.方向盘,驾驶盘4. A potter's wheel.陶轮5. A water wheel.水车6. A spinning wheel.纺车7. Games A device used in roulette and other games of chance.【游戏】 轮盘:用于赌博或其它彩票等靠运气的游戏中的一种设施8. A firework that rotates while burning.旋转烟火:一种燃烧时旋转的烟火9. Informal A bicycle.【非正式用语】 自行车10. An instrument to which a victim was bound for torture during the Middle Ages.轮式刑车:中世纪时将受刑者缚于其上受酷刑的一种装置11. wheels Forces that provide energy, movement, or direction:wheels 动力:提供能量、运动或方向的动力:the wheels of commerce.商业动力12. The act or process of turning; revolution or rotation.旋转:旋转的行动或过程;回旋,盘旋13. A military maneuver executed in order to change the direction of movement of a formation, as of troops or ships, in which the formation is maintained while the outer unit describes an arc and the inner or center unit remains stationary as a pivot.盘旋运动:为了改变队形,如部队或航船的运动方向而实施的军事调动,在此调动中外层分队划出一个弧形而其内部或中心分队保持静止作为基轴从而形成的队形14. wheels Slang A motor vehicle or access thereto:wheels 【俚语】 机动车辆,汽车:Do you have wheels tonight?你今晚有车吗?15. Slang A person with a great deal of power or influence:【俚语】 掌大权的人:握有大权或具有广泛影响的人:thinks he's a wheel because he works in the state government.由于他在国家政府机构中工作,便认为他有权有势v.(动词) wheeled,wheel.ing,wheels v.tr.(及物动词)1. To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.用轮子滚动、转动或运输2. To cause to turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.旋转:使盘旋,使仿佛绕着一中心轴旋转;旋转,回旋3. To provide with wheels or a wheel.给…装轮子v.intr.(不及物动词)1. To turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.旋转:围绕或仿佛围绕一中心轴而转动;盘旋,旋转2. To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.滚动:在或仿佛在轮子上滚动或移动3. To fly in a curving or circular course:盘旋:按曲折或圆形路线飞行:A flock of gulls wheeled just above the dock.一群海鸥在甲板上方盘旋4. To turn or whirl around in place; pivot:转身:在原地转动或旋转;以…为中心转动:“The boy wheeled and the fried eggs leaped from his tray”(&b{Ivan Gold})“男孩原地转过身来,煎鸡蛋从他的托盘里抛了出去”(伊凡·戈尔德)5. To reverse one's opinion or practice:改变主意或行动:One can never tell when she'll wheel about on that subject.永远没有人能判断出她什么时候会在那个问题上改变主意习惯用语:at the wheel 或 behind the wheel 1. Operating the steering mechanism of a vehicle; driving.在驾驶:操纵机动车辆的机械装置;在驾驶2. Directing or controlling; in charge.指导或控制;掌管wheel and deal【非正式用语】 To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.独断专行:为自己谋取利益,尤其是采用狡诈、挑衅好斗或肆无忌惮的方式语源:1. Middle English 中古英语 2. from Old English hw¶ol * see k wel- 1源自 古英语 hw¶ol *参见 k wel- 1 |
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