新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

wheel

英  [wiːl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • wheels

    1[C 可数名词] 车轮

    The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects that are attached underneath it and that enable it to move along the ground.

    双语例句

    例:

    The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.

    路面上有些油,车轮经过时直打滑。

    2[C 可数名词] 机轮

    A wheel is a circular object that forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part.

    双语例句

    例:

    The wheels are usually fairly large.

    这种机轮通常相当大。

    3[C 可数名词] 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 or behind the wheel of a car, they are driving it.

    双语例句

    例:

    My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel.

    我的副驾驶突然抢过了方向盘。

    例:

    Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back towards the cottage.

    由柯蒂斯开车,他们启程返回小屋。

    4[PL 复数] (组织或系统的)运作方式

    People talk about the wheels of an organization or system to mean the way in which it operates.

    双语例句

    例:

    He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.

    他知道行政机构办事效率低下。

    VERB. 动词
  • wheels , wheeling , wheeled

    1[T 及物动词] 推(带轮子的物体)

    If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along.

    双语例句

    例:

    He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house.

    他把自行车推进了房屋旁的胡同里。