| 单词 | hot-wire |
| 释义 | hot-wire[ verb hot-wahyuhr; adjective hot-wahyuhr ] / verb ˈhɒtˈwaɪər; adjective ˈhɒtˌwaɪər / verb (used with object), hot-wired, hot-wir·ing.Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition. adjectiveElectricity, Engineering. depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated: hot-wire anemometer; hot-wire microphone. Origin of hot-wireFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby hot-wirehot war, hot water, hot-water bag, hot-water bottle, hot well, hot-wire, hot-wire anemometer, hot-work, hot yoga, hot zone, houbara Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hot-wire
British Dictionary definitions for hot-wirehot-wire verb(tr) slang to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by bypassing the ignition switch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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