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单词 big wheel
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big1 /big/

adjective (biggˈer; biggˈest)
  1. Large or great
  2. Grown-up
  3. Older (as in big sister, big brother)
  4. Magnanimous, generous (usu facetious)
  5. Loud
  6. Pompous, pretentious, boastful
  7. Very important, as the Big Three, Big Four, etc, leaders, countries, organizations, etc
  8. (of things) significant, considerable
  9. (of wine) having an intense taste and colour
  10. Advanced in pregnancy (obsolete)
adverb (informal)
  1. Boastfully or ambitiously, as in talk big
  2. Greatly or impressively
  3. On a grand scale, as in think big
ORIGIN: ME big; origin obscure

biggˈish adjective

biggˈy or biggˈie noun (informal)

A large or important person or thing

bigˈness noun

Bulk, size

big bad noun

In a role-playing game, an evil character who creates problems which have to be overcome by the players of the game

big band noun

A large jazz or dance band

bigˈ-band adjective

Big Bang or big bang noun see under bang1

Big Beat noun

A type of electronic dance music combining aspects of hip-hop and rock

big-bellˈied adjective

  1. Having a big belly
  2. Pregnant (with)

Big Ben noun

  1. The bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
  2. The tower itself
  3. The clock itself

Big Blue noun

A nickname for the IBM computer company

Big Board noun (US inf; also without caps)

The New York Stock Exchange

big-box' adjective (US inf)

Denoting a retail outlet in the style of a warehouse

Big Brother noun

  1. A dictator, as in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four (1949)
  2. A powerful leader or organization, regarded as ubiquitous and sinister

Big Brotherism noun

big bucks plural noun (slang)

Large amounts of money

bigˈ-bud noun

A swelling of currant buds caused by a gall mite

big business noun

Large business enterprises and organizations, esp collectively

big cat see under cat1

big cheese noun (old sl)

An important person

big Daddy or big White Chief noun (informal; both also Big)

A paternalistic or domineering head of an organization, etc

big data noun

Computer data sets that are so large and complex that specialist tools are required to process them

big deal noun (informal)

Used as a scornful response to an offer, boast, etc

big dipper noun

  1. A roller-coaster at an amusement park (orig US)
  2. (with caps) the constellation of the Plough (esp N American)

big end noun

In an internal-combustion engine, the larger end of the connecting rod

Big-endian see Little-endian under little

bigˈeye noun

A tropical or subtropical sea fish (family Priacanthidae) with very large eyes

big fish noun

  1. A powerful person
  2. Such a person in a criminal organization thought worthy of capture

Bigˈfoot noun (also without cap; pl bigˈfeet)

In the USA and Canada, a hairy primate reputed to inhabit wilderness areas, and said to be between 6 and 15 feet tall

Big Four noun

A collective name for the four largest UK clearing banks: HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland

big game see under game1

big girl's blouse noun (informal)

Someone who behaves in a feeble or effeminate manner

big government noun (chiefly US derog)

A style of government in which there is high taxation and the state takes a prominent role in the provision of public services

big guns plural noun (informal)

The important, powerful persons in an organization, etc

big hair noun

Hair in a bouffant style

bigˈhead noun (informal)

  1. A conceited person
  2. Conceit (N American)

bigˈheaded adjective

big-heartˈed adjective

Generous

big hitter noun

  1. (in cricket, baseball, etc) a player who hits the ball a long way
  2. An important, influential, or successful person (informal)

bigˈhorn noun

A large-horned mountain-dwelling sheep (Ovis canadensis) of N America and Siberia

big house noun

  1. Prison (US sl)
  2. The house of the local landowner, a wealthy citizen, or the like

big iron noun

(comput sl) large, powerful mainframe computers

big money same as big bucks above.

bigˈmouth noun (slang)

A talkative and often boastful or indiscreet person

bigˈmouthed adjective

big name noun (informal)

A celebrity

big noise noun (informal)

An important person

bigˈ-note transitive verb (Aust inf)

To boast about oneself, try to make (oneself) seem important

Big Pharma noun

The major pharmaceutical companies, collectively

big science noun

Scientific and technical research that requires large financial resources

big screen noun

The cinema, as opposed to television

bigˈ-screen adjective

big shot see bigwig below.

big society noun

The political idea that more power and responsibility should be devolved from the state into the hands of local communities

big tent noun

A political group or party that accommodates a broad range of views

big stick noun (informal)

A display of force, as a threat or means of persuasion

big tent noun

A political group or party that accommodates a broad range of views

big-tickˈet adjective (US inf)

Expensive

big time noun (informal)

The top level in any pursuit, esp show business

bigˈ-time adjective

  1. At the top level
  2. Important

adverb

To a large extent, greatly

big toe see under toe

big top noun

A large circular tent used for circus performances

big tree noun (N American)

The giant redwood

big wheel noun

A Ferris wheel

big White Chief noun

  1. See big Daddy above
  2. An important person (informal)

bigˈwig or big shot noun (informal)

A powerful person, a person of some importance

be big on (informal)

  1. To do a lot of, be strong in (a particular area of work, etc)
  2. To be enthusiastic about

big up (slang)

To express approval and respect for

go over big (with) (informal)

To impress greatly

in a big way

  1. To a large extent
  2. Vigorously, enthusiastically

that's big of him, etc (usu ironic)

That action, etc is generous on his, etc part

the Big Apple

(also the Apple) (informal) New York City

the Big C (informal)

Cancer

the Big Smoke see under smoke

too big for one's boots or breeches

Conceited, self-important

what's the big idea?

What on earth is going on?

wheel /(h)wēl/

noun
  1. A circular frame turning on an axle
  2. A steering-wheel
  3. A potter's wheel
  4. A spinning-wheel
  5. An old instrument of torture
  6. A rotating firework
  7. A bicycle or tricycle (informal)
  8. (in pl) personal transport (informal)
  9. The wheel by which a spit is turned (Shakespeare)
  10. The wheel attributed to Fortune personified, the emblem of mutability
  11. Hence, the course of events
  12. A celestial sphere (obsolete)
  13. A disc
  14. A circular design
  15. A circular motion
  16. (in pl) the parts of a machine
  17. The intricate workings of something
  18. One or more short lines following a bob at the end of a stanza
  19. A refrain
  20. A dollar (slang)
transitive verb
  1. To cause (a body of troops) to turn or revolve, esp round an axis or pivot
  2. To cause to move in a circular course
  3. To put a wheel or wheels on
  4. To form or treat on the wheel
  5. To convey on wheels
  6. To propel on wheels
  7. To encircle (Milton)
  8. To make wheel-shaped (rare)
  9. (with out, forward, etc; informal) to bring out, forward, etc, to produce
intransitive verb
  1. To turn round or on an axis
  2. To change direction
  3. To change one's mind abruptly
  4. To move in a circle
  5. To reel, be giddy
  6. To roll forward
  7. To wander, roam (Shakespeare)
  8. To travel in a wheeled vehicle
  9. To ride a bicycle or tricycle (informal)
  10. To be provided with wheels on which to be propelled
ORIGIN: OE hwēol; ON hjōl

wheeled adjective

  1. Having wheels
  2. Moving on wheels
  3. (in combination) having a specified kind or number of wheels, as in solid-wheeled, three-wheeled
  4. Formed into a wheel (rare)

wheelˈer noun

  1. Someone who wheels
  2. A cyclist (informal)
  3. A maker of wheels (dialect)
  4. (in combination) something that wheels, or that has a specified kind or number of wheels, as in two-wheeler
  5. A wheelhorse

wheelˈie noun (informal)

  1. A manoeuvre, eg on a bicycle, motorbike or skateboard, involving travelling for a short distance with the front wheel or wheels off the ground
  2. A U-turn accomplished at speed with a loud skidding noise (Aust)
  3. A wheelie bin (informal)

wheelˈing noun

  1. The act of moving or conveying on wheels
  2. A turning or circular movement
  3. A rather coarse woollen yarn

wheelˈ-less adjective

wheelˈy adjective

Like a wheel

wheel and axle noun

One of the mechanical powers, in its primitive form a cylindrical axle, on which a wheel, concentric with the axle, is firmly fastened, the power being applied to the wheel, and the weight attached to the axle

wheel animal or wheel animalcule noun

A tiny aquatic animal, a rotifer

wheelˈbarrow noun

  1. A barrow with one wheel in front and two handles and legs behind
  2. (loosely) any other handcart

wheelˈbase noun

  1. The distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle
  2. The area enclosed by lines joining the points at which the wheels of a locomotive, etc touch the rails or the ground, or the length of this area

wheel brace noun

An implement for tightening and loosening the nuts that hold a wheel in position

wheel carriage noun

Any kind of carriage moved on wheels

wheelˈchair noun

A chair moving on wheels, esp a disabled person's chair

adjective

Provided, designed, adapted or arranged for people confined to wheelchairs, as wheelchair housing, wheelchair Olympics, etc

wheel clamp noun

A device used by traffic authorities, etc to immobilize an illegally parked vehicle until it is removed after payment of a fine

wheelˈ-clamp transitive verb

wheelˈ-cut adjective

(of glass) cut, or ground and polished, on a wheel

wheelˈ-cutter noun

A machine for cutting teeth on wheels

wheelˈer-dealˈer noun

wheelˈer-dealˈing noun (informal; orig US)

Shrewd dealing or bargaining to one's maximum advantage in business, politics, etc, esp without regard for others' interests

wheelˈhorse noun

One of the horses next to the wheels in a team

wheelˈhouse noun

  1. A shelter in which a ship's steering-wheel is placed
  2. A paddle box
  3. A prehistoric wheel-shaped dwelling

wheelie bin noun

A large dustbin on wheels

wheel lock noun (historical)

(a gun having) a lock in which sparks are struck off a flint by a small steel wheel

wheelˈman noun

  1. A steersman (also wheelsˈman)
  2. A cyclist

wheel of fortune noun

  1. Fortune's wheel (see n above)
  2. A gambling device

wheel of life noun

An optical toy giving an illusion of animation, a zoetrope

wheel plough noun

A plough running on wheels, or one the depth of whose furrow is regulated by a wheel

wheel race noun

The part of a channel in which the water wheel is fixed

wheel spin noun

Rotation of the wheels of a vehicle without the purchase required for forward or backward movement

wheel window noun

A circular window with radiating tracery, a rose window

wheelˈwork noun

A combination of wheels and their connection in machinery

wheelˈwright noun

A maker of wheels and wheeled carriages

at the wheel

Driving a vehicle or steering a boat

big wheel

  1. A Ferris wheel
  2. A person of importance or self-importance

break a butterfly (or fly, etc) on the wheel

  1. To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence
  2. To employ great exertions for insignificant ends

go on wheels

To move swiftly, smoothly, and hence pleasantly

left (or right) wheel

(a command to perform) a swing to the left (or right)

put a spoke in someone's wheel see under spoke2

put one's shoulder to the wheel see under shoulder

take the wheel

To take charge or control

wheel and deal (informal; orig US)

To engage in wheeler-dealing

wheeling and dealing (informal; orig US)

Same as wheeler-dealing above

wheels within wheels

Said of a situation in which a complication of influences is at work

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