| 单词 | wheel |
| 释义 | wheel (once / 111 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n WORD FAMILY wheel: wheel-like, wheeled, wheeler, wheeling, wheelless, wheels+/wheeler: wheelers/wheeling: wheelings USAGE EXAMPLESCyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins is to swap two wheels for two skis after signing up to appear on Channel 4's winter sports show The Jump. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) They transmit data wirelessly to an adapter that plugs into the car’s diagnostic port near the steering wheel. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Shortly after 5 a.m., a vendor selling chicken and cheese tamales wheeled her cart up to the group. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) Hypo|Hyper balance, balance wheel a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat bicycle wheelthe wheel of a bicycle buffing wheela wheel that is covered with soft material cartwheela wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim car wheela wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car daisy print wheel, daisy wheela wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper driving wheela wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheela toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion emery wheel, grinding wheela wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding handwheela wheel worked by hand nosewheela wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear paddle wheel, paddlewheela large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat pinwheela wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim potter's wheela horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter ratchet wheeltoothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever rollera small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) roulette, toothed wheela wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations rowela small spiked wheel at the end of a spur sprocket, sprocket wheelthin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain trundlesmall wheel or roller wagon wheela wheel of a wagon water wheel, waterwheela wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine water wheel, waterwheela wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring geargears that mesh at an angle caster, castora pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable escape wheelgear that engages a rocking lever fifth wheel, sparean extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle mill wheel, millwheelwater wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill noriaa water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel piniona gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gearan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train rack and piniona wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) spur gear, spur wheelgear wheels that mesh in the same plane sun gearthe central gear in an epicyclic train worm geargear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion worm wheelgear with the thread of a worm machine, simple machine a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point 2n a handwheel that is used for steering Syn|Hyper steering wheel handwheel control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated 3n a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel Hyper helm steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered 4n game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in Syn|Hyper roulette wheel game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game 5v change directions as if revolving on a pivot They wheeled their horses around and left Syn|Hypo|Hyper wheel around cartwheel do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet go around, revolve, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center 6v wheel somebody or something Syn|Hyper wheel around transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 7v move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper roll bowl roll (a ball) trollcause to move round and round go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 1n a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals Syn|Hypo|Hyper bicycle, bike, cycle bicycle-built-for-two, tandem, tandem bicycle a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats all-terrain bike, mountain bike, off-roadera bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country ordinary, ordinary bicyclean early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel push-bikea bicycle that must be pedaled safety bicycle, safety bikebicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear velocipedeany of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people 2v ride a bicycle 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal unicycle ride a unicycle backpedalpedal backwards on a bicycle ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle n an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims 4Syn|Hyper rack instrument of torture an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person n forces that provide energy and direction the wheels of government began to turn Hyper force a powerful effect or influence |
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