wheels

英 [wiːlz]

美 [wiːlz]

n.  轮; 车轮; 轮子; (汽车等的)方向盘; (轮船的)舵轮; 汽车
v.  推(或拉)有轮之物; 用有轮之物推动(或拉动、移动)…; 转动; 旋转; 打转; 盘旋
wheel的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 轮;轮子;车轮
  Thewheelsof a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 机轮
  Awheelis a circular object which forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part.
  1. ...an eighteenth century mill with a water wheel.
     一个带有水轮的18世纪磨粉机
• N-COUNT 方向盘
  The wheelof a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it.The wheelis used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone isat the wheelof a car, they are driving it.
  1. My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel...
     我的副驾驶突然抓住了方向盘。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• N-PLURAL 汽车
  People sometimes refer to a car aswheels.
  1. 'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'
     “你有房吗？”——“没有，但我有车。”
• VERB 推(带轮子的物体)
  If youwheelan object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along.
  1. He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house...
     他把自行车推进了房子旁的小巷中。
  2. They wheeled her out on the stretcher.
     他们用担架床把她推了出去。
• VERB (动物、鸟禽等)转圈，旋转，盘旋
  If something such as a group of animals or birdswheels, it moves in a circle.
  1. A flock of crows wheeled overhead.
     一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。
• VERB (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身
  If youwheelaround, you turn around suddenly where you are standing, often because you are surprised, shocked, or angry.
  1. He wheeled around to face her...
     他突然转过身来面对她。
  2. She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter.
     她突然转身，朝收银台走去。
• N-SING (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮
  You usewheelin expressions such asthe wheel of fortuneto 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 他知道行政机关办事效率低。 → see:He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
• PHRASE (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 arewheels 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.
  1. Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.
     我们的文化比他所知道的要复杂得多，相当庞杂。
• See also:Catherine wheelmeals on wheelspotter's wheelspare wheelspinning wheelsteering wheelwater wheel

双语例句

• The actors dragged on a boat with wheels.
  演员们把下面装有轮子的船拖上来。
• 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。
• They all have engines, seats, and steering wheels.
  他们都有发动机、座椅和方向盘。
• Wheels leave grooves in a dirt road.
  车轮在泥路上留下了凹痕。
• It hit the kerb on the nearside and seemed to ricochet across the road on two wheels.
  车的左侧撞到路缘上，似乎飞弹了起来，靠两只车轮越过了马路。
• The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
  电流流入了驱动车轮的电动机。
• The wheels are rolling.
  车轮滚动。
• The wheels keep going wonky.
  轮子总是左右摇晃。
• Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.
  我们的文化比他所知道的要复杂得多，相当庞杂。
• 'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'
  “你有房吗？”——“没有，但我有车。”