| 单词 | wheel |
| 释义 | wheel n. & v. --n 1. a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate the motion of a vehicle or for various mechanical purposes. 2. a wheel-like thing (Catherine wheel; potter's wheel; steering wheel). 3. motion as of a wheel, esp. the movement of a line of people with one end as a pivot. 4. a machine etc. of which a wheel is an essential part. 5. (in pl.) sl. a car. 6. US sl. = big wheel 2. 7. a set of short lines concluding a stanza. --v 1. intr. & tr. a turn on an axis or pivot. b swing round in line with one end as a pivot. 2. a intr. (often foll. by about, round) change direction or face another way. b tr. cause to do this. 3. tr. push or pull (a wheeled thing esp. a barrow, bicycle, or pram, or its load or occupant). 4. intr. go in circles or curves (seagulls wheeling overhead). Phrases and idioms at the wheel 1. driving a vehicle. 2. directing a ship. 3. in control of affairs. on wheels (or oiled wheels) smoothly. wheel and deal engage in political or commercial scheming. wheel-back adj. (of a chair) with a back shaped like or containing the design of a wheel. wheel-house a steersman's shelter. wheel-lock 1. an old kind of gunlock having a steel wheel to rub against flint etc. 2. a gun with this. wheel of Fortune luck. wheel-spin rotation of a vehicle's wheels without traction. wheels within wheels 1. intricate machinery. 2. colloq. indirect or secret agencies. Derivatives wheeled adj. (also in comb.). wheelless adj. Etymology: OE hweol, hweogol f. Gmc |
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