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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- wire ['waɪər]
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- wire [waɪr] [waɪə]
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1.
noun
金属丝；金属线
- All I could see around was just a wire fence.
- 四周我能看到的只有钢丝网。
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2.
noun
导线；（乐器的）金属弦
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3.
noun
铁丝网；金属丝网
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4.
noun
金属线制品；金属网制品（如电话线、有刺铁丝网、肿瘤勒除器等）
- I couldn't call you because someone had cut the telephone wire.
- 我不能给你打电话，因为有人剪断了电话线。
- Be careful with those wires on the floor.
- 小心地板上的电线。
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5.
noun
电信；电报系统
- reply by wire
- 用电报回答
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6.
noun
电报
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7.
noun
[horse racing]
[American English]
终点线
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8.
adjective
金属丝制的；金属网制的
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9.
vt.
以金属丝装；用金属丝联接（或捆绑、加固等）
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10.
vt.
给…装电线
- To receive this channel you have to wire up to the TV via cable.
- 要想收看这个频道，你得给电视接上天线。
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11.
vt.
打电报给…
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12.
vt.
[archaic]
（用铁丝笼）诱捕
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13.
noun
[slang]
偷偷潜到某地的侦探
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14.
vt.
[slang]
安装电子偷听设备
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15.
noun
[slang]
精力充沛的、活跃的人
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1.
noun
金属丝；金属线
Collins English-English Dictionary
- wire [waɪə]
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1.
n
a slender flexible strand or rod of metal
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2.
n
a cable consisting of several metal strands twisted together
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3.
n
a flexible metallic conductor, esp one made of copper, usually insulated, and used to carry electric current in a circuit
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4.
n
[modifier]
of, relating to, or made of wire
- a wire fence
- a wire stripper
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5.
n
anything made of wire, such as wire netting, a barbed wire fence, etc
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6.
n
a long continuous wire or cable connecting points in a telephone or telegraph system
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7.
n
an informal name for telegram
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8.
n
an informal name for telephone
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9.
n
[old-fashioned]
a metallic string on a guitar, piano, etc
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10.
n
[horse racing]
[chiefly US and Canadian]
the finishing line on a racecourse
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11.
n
a wire-gauze screen upon which pulp is spread to form paper during the manufacturing process
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12.
n
anything resembling a wire, such as a hair
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13.
n
a snare made of wire for rabbits and similar animals
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14.
vb
[mainly tr]
[also intr]
to send a telegram to (a person or place)
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15.
vb
to send (news, a message, etc) by telegraph
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16.
vb
to equip (an electrical system, circuit, or component) with wires
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17.
vb
to fasten or furnish with wire
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18.
vb
[
often foll by up] to provide (an area) with fibre optic cabling to receive cable television -
19.
vb
to string (beads, etc) on wire
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20.
vb
[croquet]
to leave (a player's ball) so that a hoop or peg lies between it and the other balls
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21.
vb
to snare with wire
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22.
vb
[Etymology]
Old English w
i r; related to Old High German wiara, Old Norse vi ra, Latin viriae bracelet
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1.
n
a slender flexible strand or rod of metal
Examples
- a dead wire
- 不载电导线 → dead
- an electric wire
- 电线 → electric
- a hot wire
- 热线，热电阻线 → hot
- to introduce an electric wire into a conduit
- 把电线插入导线管 → introduce
- a live wire
- 带电电线 → live
- loop the wire around the post
- 把导线绕在柱子上 → loop
- The wire twists easily.
- 铁丝易扭弯。 → twist
- reply by wire
- 用电报回答 → wire
- That exposed wire might be dangerous.
- 裸露的电线可能会有危险。 → might
- All I could see around was just a wire fence.
- 四周我能看到的只有钢丝网。 → wire
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