wheels

英 [wiːlz] 美 [wiːlz]

n.  轮; 车轮; 轮子; (汽车等的)方向盘; (轮船的)舵轮; 汽车
v.  推(或拉)有轮之物; 用有轮之物推动(或拉动、移动)…; 转动; 旋转; 打转; 盘旋
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IELTS



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 轮;轮子;车轮
    The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground.
    1. The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.
      路面上有些油,汽车车轮经过时直打滑。
  2. N-COUNT 机轮
    A wheel is a circular object which forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part.
    1. ...an eighteenth century mill with a water wheel.
      一个带有水轮的18世纪磨粉机
  3. N-COUNT 方向盘
    The wheel of a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it. The wheel is used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone is at the wheel of a car, they are driving it.
    1. My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel...
      我的副驾驶突然抓住了方向盘。
    2. Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back toward the cottage...
      由柯蒂斯开车,他们启程返回小屋。
    3. Roberto handed Flynn the keys and let him take the wheel.
      罗伯托把钥匙递给弗林,让他开车。
  4. N-PLURAL 汽车
    People sometimes refer to a car as wheels .
    1. 'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'
      “你有房吗?”——“没有,但我有车。”
  5. VERB 推(带轮子的物体)
    If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along.
    1. He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house...
      他把自行车推进了房子旁的小巷中。
    2. They wheeled her out on the stretcher.
      他们用担架床把她推了出去。
  6. VERB (动物、鸟禽等)转圈,旋转,盘旋
    If something such as a group of animals or birds wheels, it moves in a circle.
    1. A flock of crows wheeled overhead.
      一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。
  7. VERB (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身
    If you wheel around, you turn around suddenly where you are standing, often because you are surprised, shocked, or angry.
    1. He wheeled around to face her...
      他突然转过身来面对她。
    2. She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter.
      她突然转身,朝收银台走去。
  8. N-SING (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮
    You use wheel in expressions such as the wheel of fortune to refer to the changes that take place in life, especially when you are referring to the fact that the same situations occur more than once.
    1. The wheel of fortune will swing round again; in politics, it always does...
      风水会轮流转;在政治上,它总是如此。
    2. In his view the wheel of history could not be turned back.
      在他看来历史的车轮不能倒退。
  9. 他知道行政机关办事效率低。 → see: He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
  10. PHRASE (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况
    If you say that there are wheels within wheels, you mean that there are a number of different influences, reasons, and actions which together make a situation complicated and difficult to understand.
    1. Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.
      我们的文化比他所知道的要复杂得多,相当庞杂。
  11. See also: Catherine wheel meals on wheels potter's wheel spare wheel spinning wheel steering wheel water wheel

双语例句

  1. The three of us set off, our wheels skidding crazily under that drenching rain
    我们三个出发了,车轮在大雨中疯狂地打滑。
  2. The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
    电流流入了驱动车轮的电动机。
  3. Their wheels left grooves in the ground.
    他们的车轮在地面上留下了车辙印。
  4. The wheels of the aircraft kissed the runway.
    飞机的轮子轻触跑道。
  5. I have set the wheels in motion to sell Endsleigh Court.
    我已着手出售恩德斯勒公馆。
  6. It hit the kerb on the nearside and seemed to ricochet across the road on two wheels.
    车的左侧撞到路缘上,似乎飞弹了起来,靠两只车轮越过了马路。
  7. If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
    如果你想修理轮子,只需拧开这4个螺母就行了。
  8. On all such occasions, the king stands in the wings, oiling the wheels of diplomacy.
    在所有这样的场合,国王总是身处幕后确保外交活动的顺利进行。
  9. The car wheels screeched as they curved and bounced over the rough broken ground.
    车轮在坑坑洼洼的路面上拐弯和颠簸时发出尖锐刺耳的声音。
  10. The back wheels spun and the van spurted up the last few feet.
    后轮突然转动起来,货车加速冲过了最后几英尺距离。
  11. A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider
    一个骑车人与另一辆自行车车轮相碰后摔倒在地。
  12. The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.
    路面上有些油,汽车车轮经过时直打滑。
  13. 'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'
    “你有房吗?”——“没有,但我有车。”
  14. He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
    他知道行政机关办事效率低。
  15. Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.
    我们的文化比他所知道的要复杂得多,相当庞杂。
  16. He still wheels and deals around the globe.
    他仍然在世界各地招摇撞骗。
  17. The wheels keep going wonky.
    轮子总是左右摇晃。
  18. The power developed by the engine is transmitted to the wheels by some essential parts.
    引擎发生的动力通过某些主要的部件传动轮子。
  19. We did excellent business; everything went on wheels.
    我们的生意兴隆,一切顺利。
  20. We heard the crunch of wheels on the gravel drive.
    我们听到车轮碾过石子路时发出的嘎吱声。
  21. The driver blocked up the rear wheels of his lorry with a jack to find out what was wrong.
    司机用千斤顶垫高汽车的后轮,查看什么地方出了毛病。
  22. It is much as spokes of wheels around hubs formed by Spanish peaks and dike mountain.
    它看上去十分像围绕由两班牙峰和岩脉山所构成的轮毂的轮辐。
  23. Wheels are in a machine driven by an endless belt.
    机器轮子是用无极带传动的。
  24. The wheels are rolling.
    车轮滚动。
  25. The wheels skidded around in the mud.
    车轮在泥里打滑。
  26. Wheels leave grooves in a dirt road.
    车轮在泥路上留下了凹痕。
  27. Kicking away the blocks holding the wheels, the pilot jumped into the light plane and flew off.
    飞行员踢开卡在那架轻型飞机轮下的障碍物之后跳进驾驶舱飞走了。
  28. The actors dragged on a boat with wheels.
    演员们把下面装有轮子的船拖上来。
  29. The girls did not so much seem accessory wheels to the general machinery as mere cogs to the wheels.
    那些姑娘仿佛做大机器上附属的轮子都不如,只配做齿轮里的牙齿。
  30. They all have engines, seats, and steering wheels.
    他们都有发动机、座椅和方向盘。