| [/wiːl; US hwiːl; hwil/] n 用法:
1 (a) disc or circular frame that turns on an axle, as on carts, cars, bicycles, etc or as part of a machine, etc 轮; 车轮; 机轮. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page xiii.
(b) (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) any of several types of machine of which a wheel is an essential part 以轮子为主要部件的机器:
a potter's `wheel 陶钧 *
a `spinning-wheel 纺车. 用法:
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) = steering-wheel (steer1):
The driver sat patiently behind the wheel. 司机在方向盘前耐心地坐著. *
He took (ie grasped) the wheel and steered the ship into port. 他掌稳舵轮把船驶进了港口. 用法:
3 circular movement, esp that of a line of soldiers pivoting on one end 旋转运动; （尤指横排士兵以一端为中心的）旋转:
a left/right wheel 向左[右]转. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) at/behind the `wheel (of sth) (a) steering (a vehicle or a ship)驾驶（车或船）:
Who was at the wheel when the car crashed?汽车碰撞时开车的是谁?
(b) (fig 比喻) in control (of sth) 控制（某事物）:
With her at the wheel, the company began to prosper. 有了她当主管, 公司开始兴旺起来. oil the wheels => oilv. put one's shoulder to the wheel => shoulder. put a spoke in sb's wheel => spoke1. ,wheels within `wheels situation in which a complicated or secret network of influences, motives, etc exists, making it difficult to understand fully 错综复杂的或秘密的势力、 动机等交织在一起难以了解的情况. wheel 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] (a) push or pull (a vehicle with wheels) 推或拉（车）:
wheel a barrow (along the street) （在街上）推手推车.
(b) carry (sb/sth) in a vehicle with wheels 用车运载（某人[某物]）:
wheel sb to the operating theatre on a trolley 用担架车把某人送到手术室. 用法:
2
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip] move in a curve or circle 转动; 旋转:
birds wheeling (about) in the sky above us 在我们上空盘旋的鸟.
(b) [I, Ip] ~ (round/around) turn round and face the other way 转身:
Left/Right wheel! ie as an order given to soldiers 向左[右]转! *
They wheeled round in amazement. 他们惊奇地转过身来. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) ,wheel and `deal (infml esp US) negotiate or bargain in a clever, often dishonest, way （用精明的, 常指欺骗的方法）洽谈、 商量或讨价还价:
There will be a lot of wheeling and dealing before an agreement is reached. 还要有一番讨价还价才能达成协议. |