| 单词 | wheel |
| 释义 | Word Frequency wheel(wiːl) noun 1. a solid disc, or a circular rim joined to a hub by radial or tangential spokes, that is mounted on a shaft about which it can turn, as in vehicles and machines 2. anything like a wheel in shape or function 3. a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal component a steering wheel a water wheel 4. the wheel 5. short for wheel of fortune, potter's wheel 6. the act of turning 7. a pivoting movement of troops, ships, etc 8. a type of firework coiled to make it rotate when let off 9. a set of short rhyming lines, usually four or five in number, forming the concluding part of a stanza Compare bob2 (sense 7)10. the disc in which the ball is spun in roulette 11. US and Canadian an informal word for bicycle 12. archaic a refrain 13. informal, mainly US and Canadian a person of great influence (esp in the phrase big wheel) 14. at the wheel verb 15. (when intr sometimes foll by about or round) to turn or cause to turn on or as if on an axis 16. to move or cause to move on or as if on wheels; roll 17. (transitive) to perform with or in a circular movement 18. (transitive) to provide with a wheel or wheels 19. (intransitive; often foll by about) to change one's mind or opinion 20. wheel and deal Derived forms wheel-less (ˈwheel-less) adjective Word origin Old English hweol, hweowol; related to Old Norse hvēl, Greek kuklos, Middle Low German wēl, Dutch wiel |
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