Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense wheels, present participle wheeling, past tense, past participle wheeled
1N-COUNT 轮;轮子;车轮 The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground. 轮;轮子;车轮
The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.
路面上有些油,汽车车轮经过时直打滑。
Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.带轮子的,底部装有轮子的
...a trolley on wheels.
带轮的小推车
The stove is on wheels so it can be shuffled around easily.
这个炉子底下带轮子,很容易四处移动。
2N-COUNT 机轮 A wheel is a circular object which forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part. 机轮
...an eighteenth century mill with a water wheel.
一个带有水轮的18世纪磨粉机
3N-COUNT [usually singular]方向盘The wheel of a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it. The wheel is used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone is at the wheel of a car, they are driving it. 方向盘
My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel.
我的副驾驶突然抓住了方向盘。
Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back toward the cottage.
由柯蒂斯开车,他们启程返回小屋。
Roberto handed Flynn the keys and let him take the wheel.
罗伯托把钥匙递给弗林,让他开车。
4N-PLURAL 汽车 People sometimes refer to a car as wheels . 汽车 [informal]
'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'
“你有房吗?”—“没有,但我有车。”
5VERB 推(带轮子的物体) If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along. 推(带轮子的物体)
He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他把自行车推进了房子旁的小巷中。
They wheeled her out on the stretcher. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
7VERB (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身 If you wheel around, you turn around suddenly where you are standing, often because you are surprised, shocked, or angry. (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身
He wheeled around to face her. [VERB adv.]
他突然转过身来面对她。
She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter. [VERB]
8N-SING [theNOUNof n](尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮 You use wheel in expressions such as the wheel of fortune to refer to the changes that take place in life, especially when you are referring to the fact that the same situations occur more than once. (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮
The wheel of fortune will swing round again; in politics, it always does.
风水会轮流转;在政治上,它总是如此。
In his view the wheel of history could not be turned back.
在他看来历史的车轮不能倒退。
9N-PLURAL (组织或系统的)运作方式 People talk about the wheels of an organization or system to mean the way in which it operates. to oil the wheels→see: oil(组织或系统的)运作方式
He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly. [+ of]
他知道行政机关办事效率低。
10PHRASE (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况 If you say that there are wheels within wheels, you mean that there are a number of different influences, reasons, and actions which together make a situation complicated and difficult to understand. (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况
Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.
1on a bicycle, car, etc.車輪ADJECTIVE | VERB + WHEEL | WHEEL + VERB | WHEEL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bicycle, car, etc.自行車、汽車等的車輪▸➤spare (BrE) 備用車輪▸➤front前輪▸➤back, rear後輪▸➤nearside, offside (both BrE) 左側/右側車輪▸➤alloy合金輪VERB + WHEEL➤change, replace換車輪;更換輪胎◇A tyre / tire blew and we had to change the wheel.車胎爆了,我們不得不更換輪胎。WHEEL + VERB➤go around, go round, spin, turn車輪轉動;車輪旋轉;情況變化◇The wheels were still going around.輪子還在轉動。◇The political wheel had turned full circle, and he was back in power. (figurative) 政治局勢經過一番大動盪後,他又重新上台掌權。➤skid, slide, slip車輪打滑;車輪滑動◇He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.他突然剎車,使得前輪打了滑。➤come off, fall off車輪脫落/掉下來▸➤lock (especially BrE) 車輪抱死◇She braked too hard and the wheels locked.她剎車太猛,車輪抱死了。WHEEL + NOUN➤arch, base, bearings, hub, nut, rim, trim, well (especially NAmE) 輪拱;軸距;車輪軸承;輪轂;車輪螺母;輪輞;輪眉;輪艙▸➤clamp (BrE) 車輪夾鎖PREPOSITION➤on wheels在輪子上◇A child was pulling along a little dog on wheels.小孩拉着裝了輪子的小狗走。➤under the wheels在車輪下◇She fell under the wheels of a bus.她倒在了公共汽車的車輪下。wheel
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2 ( steering wheel) VERB + WHEEL | WHEEL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + WHEEL➤grip, hold握住方向盤▸➤turn轉動方向盤◇Turn the steering wheel hard to the right.使勁兒向右打方向盤。➤grab, take奪過方向盤;駕駛汽車◇He grabbed the steering wheel from her to prevent the car going off the road.他從她手中奪過方向盤,以避免汽車駛離道路。◇I drove the first 200 miles and then Steve took the wheel.我先開了 200 英里,然後由史蒂夫駕駛。➤lose control of, take control of對方向盤失去控制;掌控方向盤WHEEL + NOUN➤lock方向盤鎖PREPOSITION➤at the wheel駕駛◇The bus set off again with a fresh driver at the wheel.公共汽車又出發了,由另一名司機駕駛。➤behind the wheel開車◇I saw the car drive past, but didn't recognize the woman behind the wheel.我看見汽車開過去了,卻沒有認出開車的女子。◇I spend a lot of time behind the wheel (= driving).我很多時間都在開車。PHRASES➤keep your hands on the steering wheel, put your hands on the steering wheel把手一直放在方向盤上;把手放在方向盤上➤take your hands off the steering wheel將手從方向盤上挪開◇Roy took his hands off the steering wheel.羅伊將手從方向盤上挪開了。