释义 |
spoke1 verbspoke2 noun spokespoke1 /spəʊk $ spoʊk/ verb ► the spokes of a wheel (=the thin metal bars that connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle wheel) the past tense of speakspoke1 verbspoke2 noun spokespoke2 noun [countable] spoke2Origin: Old English spaca - Harper rode up to the man and saw the broken wheel spokes impaled in his belly and groin.
- He drew every spoke in the wheels, and the whole affair looked as if it had been instantaneously petrified or arrested.
- Her fingers still clung to the spokes, keeping one wheel out of action.
- Schyns has re-invented the old idea of a wheel with unbalanced spokes.
- Twenty four spokes slide over a fixed cam, so that as they move they change length and unbalance the wheel.
► Bicycles/Carts/Horsesall-terrain, adjectivebackpedal, verbbicycle, nounbicycle, verbbike, nounbike, verbbrougham, nounbuckboard, nounbuggy, nouncab, nouncaravan, nouncarriage, nouncart, nouncarter, nouncarthorse, nouncavalcade, nounchariot, nouncharioteer, nounchuck wagon, nouncoach, nouncoachman, nouncoaster brake, nouncrossbar, nouncycle, nouncycle, verbdismount, verbdogcart, noundogsled, noundray, nounfork, nounfreewheel, verbgoad, verbgoad, nounhackney carriage, nounhandcart, nounhandlebars, nounhansom, nounharness, nounharness, verbhayride, nounhorse-drawn, adjectivehorseshoe, nounhorsewoman, nounhowdah, nounhusky, nounlandau, nounmountain bike, nounoxcart, nounpack animal, nounpack horse, nounpair, nounpedal, nounpedal, verbpenny-farthing, nounpush-bike, nounpushcart, nounreflector, nounrickshaw, nounride, verbsaddle, nounsaddle bag, nounsedan chair, nounsledge, nounsledge, verbsleigh, nounspoke, nounstagecoach, nounsurgery, nounsurrey, nountandem, nounteam, nountrace, nountrailer, nountrap, nountricycle, nountruck, noununicycle, nounvelodrome, nounwagon, nounwagon train, nounwheelwright, noun ► the spokes of a wheel (=the thin metal bars that connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle wheel) VERB► put· That would put a spoke in their wheel.· It's just the oldies trying to put a spoke in our wheel.· But the Supreme Soviet has, at least temporarily, put a spoke in the wheels. 1one of the thin metal bars which connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle2put a spoke in somebody’s wheel British English to prevent someone from doing something they have planned |