wheel clamp
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense wheel clamps, present participle wheel clamping, present participle wheel clamped
1. countable noun
A wheel clamp is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The motorist has to pay to have the clamp removed.
[British]regional note: in AM, use Denver boot2. verb
If a car is wheel clamped, a wheel clamp is fixed to one of its wheels so that it cannot be driven away.
[British] Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away. [be VERB-ed]
regional note: in AM, use boot wheel-clamping uncountable noun
...drivers forced to pay wheel-clamping charges.
wheel clamp in British English
noun
1.
a device fixed onto one wheel of an illegally parked car in order to immobilize it. The driver has to pay to have it removed
verb also: wheel-clamp
2. (transitive)
to attach a wheel clamp to (a vehicle)
Her hatchback had been wheel clamped.
Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel-clamped or towed away.
wheel-clamp in British English
(ˈwiːlklæmp)
verb (transitive)
to attach a wheel clamp to (a vehicle)
Her hatchback had been wheel-clamped.
Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel-clamped or towed away.
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Chinese translation of 'wheel clamp'
wheel clamp
(Brit)
n (c)
-
车(車)轮(輪)固定夹(夾)
(chēlún gùdìngjiā)美 = Denver boot
clamp
(klæmp)
n (c)
- (= device)
夹(夾)具
(jiājù) - (Brit) (also wheel clamp)
车(車)轮(輪)固定夹(夾)
(chēlún gùdìng jiā)美 = Denver boot
vt
- (= attach)to clamp sth to sth
将(將)某物与(與)某物紧(緊)夹(夾)在一起
(jiāng mǒuwù yǔ mǒuwù jǐnjiā zài yīqǐ) - (= put)to clamp sth on/round sth
将(將)某物固定在某物上
(jiāng mǒuwù gùdìng zài mǒuwù shang) - (Brit) [wheel, car]
锁(鎖)
(suǒ)美 = boot
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