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wheels


wheel

W0068700 (wēl, hwēl)n.1. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.2. Something that rotates like a wheel or or has a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as:a. The steering device on a vehicle.b. A potter's wheel.c. A water wheel.d. A spinning wheel.e. Games A device used in roulette and other games of chance.f. A firework that rotates while burning.g. Informal A bicycle.3. A large, roughly circular block of cheese.4. A wheel-shaped instrument on which victims were bound for torture and execution in medieval and early modern Europe.5. wheels Forces that provide energy, movement, or direction: the wheels of commerce.6. The act or process of turning; revolution or rotation.7. A military maneuver executed in order to change the direction of movement of a formation, as of troops or ships, in which the formation is maintained while the outer unit describes an arc and the inner or center unit remains stationary as a pivot.8. wheels Slang A motor vehicle or access thereto: Do you have wheels tonight?9. Slang A person with a great deal of power or influence: a wheel in state government.v. wheeled, wheel·ing, wheels v.tr.1. To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.2. To cause to turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.3. To provide with wheels or a wheel.v.intr.1. To turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.2. To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.3. To fly in a curving or circular course: A flock of gulls wheeled just above the dock.4. To turn or whirl around in place; pivot: "The boy wheeled and the fried eggs leaped from his tray" (Ivan Gold).5. To reverse one's opinion or practice: Don't be surprised if the boss wheels about on that idea.Idioms: at/behind the wheel1. Operating the steering mechanism of a vehicle; driving.2. Directing or controlling; in charge. wheel and deal Informal To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.
[Middle English, from Old English hwēol; see kwel- in Indo-European roots.]

wheels

(wiːlz) pl n1. the main directing force behind an organization, movement, etc: the wheels of government. 2. (Automotive Engineering) an informal word for car3. wheels within wheels a series of intricately connected events, plots, etc

wheels

  • gurney - A stretcher with wheels.
  • axel, axle - Axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels.
  • dry steering - The act of turning the wheels of a car that is not moving.
  • three-point landing - An aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
Translations
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  • The wheels lock → 车轮抱死了

wheels


wheels

n. a car; transportation by automobile. I’ll need a ride. I don’t have any wheels. See also: wheel
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