| 单词 | wire |
| 释义 | wire /'waia(r); waxr/ n 1 [C, U] (piece or length of) metal drawn out into the form of a thread: (一段) 金属线; 金属丝： 'telephone ~(5); 电话线; copper ~; 铜丝; barbed ~ (cthe illus at barb); 有刺诱丝 (参看 barb 之插图); ~ rope, made by twisting strands of ~ together; 金属绳索; 金属榄; 钢汇; ~ netting, made by weaving ~ (used for fences, fruit cages, etc). 金属丝网; 铁丝网。 pull (the) ~s, (fig) use secret or indirect influence to gain one's ends, manage a political party, etc; (喻) 暗中操纵; 幕后指挥; hence, 由此产生， '~puller n. live ~, a ~ charged with electric current. 通电的电线。 b (fig) active, vigorous person. (喻) 活泼而有精力的人; 精力充沛的人。 '~cutters n pl tool for cutting ~. 剪断金属丝所用的工具; 钻丝钳。 ~ 'haired adj (esp of a dog) with stiff or wiry hair. (尤指狗) 硬毛的。 ' ~ tapping n [U] tapping of telephones, → tap1, v/ (2). 电话痫食 (参看 tap', vt. 第 2 义) 。~ wool n [C, U] (pad of) fine ~ for cleaning pots and pans. (清洗锅盘等用的) 金属丝绒 (垫等) 。 '~worm n kinds of worm-like larva destructive to plants. (对植物有害的) 切根虫。 2 [C] (colloq, esp US) telegram: (俗, 尤美) 电报： send sb a ~; 拍电报给某人; send off a ~. 拍发电报。 Let me know by ~ what time to expect you. 拍电报吿诉我你什么时候到。 vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, B] fasten with ~: 用金属丝捆起： ~ two things together; 用金属丝把二物绑在一起; put ~(s) in or on; put (beads, pearls, etc) on fine ~. 加金属丝于…中; 加金属丝于…上; 用细金属丝穿 (珠子、珍珠等 2 [VP6A] install electrical circuits (in a building, to provide lighting, power, etc): 装置电线于 (建筑物中，以供给电力、照明等)： Has the house been ~d for electricity yet? 这房子已装好电线了畴？ 3 [VP6A] catch, snare (birds, rabbits, etc) with ~ 用铁丝网捕捉，网住 (鸟、免等) 。 4 [VP6A, 16A, 12A, 13A, 11, 2C] (colloq, esp US) telegraph: (俗，尤美) 拍电报： He. ~d (to) his brother to buy oil shares. 他拍电报给他的哥哥 (弟弟) 购买石油股票。 He ~d me that he would be delayed. 他拍电报给我，说他将延期到达。 wiring n [U] (esp) system of ~s for electric current. (尤指) 电线系统; 布线; 接线。 wiry adj (-ier, -iest) like (of persons) lean and with strong sinews. 似金属丝的; (指人) 瘦而结实的。 |
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