首页英语词典wheelwheel的意思

wheel

英 [wiːl] 美[wil]

英英释义词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词band circular disc trolley ring roller caster roundel tire circle round hoop frame

n. 车轮；方向盘；转动
vt. 转动；使变换方向；给…装轮子
vi. 旋转；突然转变方向；盘旋飞行

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词态变化

复数: wheels;第三人称单数: wheels;过去式: wheeled;过去分词: wheeled;现在分词: wheeling;

中文词源

wheel 轮子

来自古英语hweol,轮子，来自PIE*kwel,转，圈，词源同cycle,collar。引申义轮子。

英英释意

1. a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

2. a handwheel that is used for steering

3. a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel

4. game equipment consisting of a rotating wheel with slots that is used for gambling; players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in

5. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

6. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

英文词源

wheel: wheel: [OE] A wheel is etymologically simply something that ‘goes round’. It is a member of a large family of words that goes back to Indo- European *qweqwlo-, which was derived from *qwelo- ‘go round’. Other members include Greek kúklos ‘circle’ (source of English cycle), Sanskrit cakrá- ‘circle, wheel’ (source of English chukker), Serbo-Croat and Czech kolo ‘wheel’, and Russian koleso ‘wheel’. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *khwekhula, which evolved into Dutch wiel, Swedish and Danish hjul, and English wheel.
=> chukker, cycle, encyclopedia
wheel (n.): Old English hweol, hweogol "wheel," from Proto-Germanic *hwewlaz- (cognates: Old Norse hvel, Old Swedish hiughl, Old Frisian hwel, Middle Dutch weel), from PIE *kw(e)-kwl-o- "wheel, circle," suffixed, reduplicated form of root *kwel- (1) (see cycle (n.)).
The root wegh-, "to convey, especially by wheeled vehicle," is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as aks- and nobh-, attests to the presence of the wheel -- and vehicles using it -- at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96]
Figurative sense is early 14c. Wheel of fortune attested from early 15c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1954, a rhyming elaboration of dealer.
wheel (v.): "to turn like a wheel," c. 1200, from wheel (n.); transitive sense attested from late 14c. Related: Wheeled; wheeling.

考试真题

All the data Smart Wheel collects is also sent to a connected app.

As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars,although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.

Imagine you enter a car with no steering wheel, no brake or accelerator pedals.

In contrast, California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more restrictive rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and ban commercial use of self-driving technology.

So any parents who install Smart Wheel can keep track of the teens' driving habits.

Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work; the rest is lost or rejected, radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, boilers and all the energy-consuming machinery that makes American’s wheel go around.

I thought, "why don't they just try rolling the things" a square could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by attaching wooden poles to its sides, he realized.

Modern America was born on the road, behind a wheel.

That action turned the block into somewhat a wheel.

The vehicle-named the transition – has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car.

词组搭配

on someone's wheel

close behind someone when they are driving or cycling

紧跟某人车后

on wheels

by, or travelling by, car or bicycle

（开车，骑车）旅行

a journey on wheels.
开车旅行。

(Brit. informal)used to emphasize one's distaste or dislike of the person or thing mentioned

(英，非正式)（用于强调厌恶某人）该死的

she was a bitch on wheels.
她是个该死的荡妇。

silly as a wheel

(Austral.)very silly

(澳)极其愚蠢的，笨的

wheel and deal

engage in commercial or political scheming, especially unscrupulously

（在商界或政界）耍手腕，玩弄计谋，操纵

[as noun wheeling and dealing]the wheeling and dealing of the Wall Street boom years.
华尔街兴盛年间的尔虞我诈。

the wheel of Fortune

the wheel which the deity Fortune is fabled to turn as a symbol of random luck or change

（象征人生浮沉的）命运转盘；人生的变迁

wheels within wheels

used to indicate that a situation is complicated and affected by secret or indirect influences

错综复杂的情况

at the wheel 或 behind the wheel

Operating the steering mechanism of a vehicle; driving.

在驾驶：操纵机动车辆的机械装置；在驾驶

Directing or controlling; in charge.

指导或控制；掌管

wheel and deal【非正式用语】

To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.

独断专行：为自己谋取利益，尤其是采用狡诈、挑衅好斗或肆无忌惮的方式

实用场景例句

He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.: 他猛然刹车，使得前车轮打滑了。

One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels .: 一个男孩用下面装着轮子的小箱子推着另一个男孩。

This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident.: 这是出车祸以来我头一次坐在方向盘前。

A car swept past with Laura at the wheel .: 劳拉驾驶一辆汽车疾驰而过。

Do you want to take the wheel (= drive) now?: 你现在想开车吗？

At last he had his own wheels.: 他终于有了自己的汽车。

gear wheels: 齿轮

the wheels of bureaucracy/commerce/government, etc.: 复杂的官僚、商务、政府等机构

It was Rob's idea. I merely set the wheels in motion (= started the process) .: 这是罗布的主意。我只不过是让它运作起来而已。

a sixteen-wheeled lorry: 十六轮大卡车

a three-wheeler: 三轮机动车

There are wheels within wheels in this organization─you never really know what is going on.: 这个机构里错综复杂，你永远搞不清到底是怎么回事。

She wheeled her bicycle across the road.: 她推着自行车穿过了马路。

The nurse wheeled him along the corridor.: 护士推着他沿楼道走。

Birds wheeled above us in the sky.: 鸟儿在我们上空盘旋。

She wheeled around and started running.: 她突然转身就跑。

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。

...an eighteenth century mill with a water wheel.: 一个带有水轮的18世纪磨粉机

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。

'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.': “你有房吗？”——“没有，但我有车。”

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。

They wheeled her out on the stretcher.: 他们用担架床把她推了出去。

A flock of crows wheeled overhead.: 一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。

He wheeled around to face her...: 他突然转过身来面对她。

She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter.: 她突然转身，朝收银台走去。

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。

He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.: 他知道行政机关办事效率低。

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。