wire
noun /ˈwaɪə(r)/
/ˈwaɪər/
Idioms - [uncountable, countable] metal in the form of thin thread; a piece of this
金属丝；金属线；一段金属丝（或线） - a coil of copper wire
一卷铜丝 - wire mesh
金属丝网 - A high wire fence encircles the complex.
一个高高的铁丝网围绕着这个建筑群。 - a wire basket
金属丝编织篮 - The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
那个箱子是用生锈的铁丝捆紧的。
- Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
把蛋糕放在金属架上晾凉。 - Surely the wires shouldn't show like that?
电线绝对不该这样走吗？ - The wire was stretched between two poles.
金属丝绷在两根杆子之间。 - wire coat hangers
金属衣架
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- taut
- loose
- fine
- …
- length
- piece
- strand
- …
- cut
- bend
- twist
- …
- mesh
- netting
- basket
- …
- behind a/the wire
- under a/the wire
- a coil of copper wire
- enlarge image[countable, uncountable] a piece of wire that is used to carry an electric current or signal
电线；导线 - electrical wires
电线 - a spider's web of unsightly overhead wires
难看的架空电线组成的蜘蛛网 - The telephone wires had been cut.
电话线被割断了。
Wordfindersee also hot-wire- battery
- charge
- conduct
- connect
- electricity
- generate
- insulate
- power
- switch
- wire
Topics Engineeringb2- Don't place carpets over electrical wires.
别把地毯铺在电线上面。 - Don't touch that wire. It's live.
别碰那根电线，它通着电呢。 - He disconnected the wire from the clock.
他把时钟的电源线断开了。 - The electrician ran a wire from the kitchen to the bedroom.
电工从厨房拉了一根电线到卧室。 - The wire was attached to a pin in the plug.
电线连在插头的一个插脚上。 - Watch out for bare wires.
当心那些裸露的电线。 - overhead electricity wires
高架电线 - the flow of electrical current down a wire
顺着电线的电流 - I found myself tripping over a tangle of wires and cables.
我被一团电线和电缆绊了一下。 - There were wires trailing everywhere.
电线拉得到处都是。 - Where does this wire go?
这条电线通到哪儿？
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- electricity
- …
- attach
- connect
- disconnect
- …
- go
- lead
- run
- …
- along a/the wire
- down a/the wire
- a tangle of wires
- electrical wires
- an electronic listening device that can be hidden on a person
金属丝编制的栅栏；铁丝网 - an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire
戴着窃听器的秘密警察线人
- an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire
- the wire[singular] a wire fence
金属丝编制的栅栏；铁丝网 - Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire.
三个囚犯从铁丝网栅栏下钻出去越狱了。
- Behind the wire, the prisoners were exercising.
铁丝网内，囚犯们正在操练。 - They cut the perimeter wire and escaped.
他们剪断了环绕四周的铁丝网逃跑了。
- Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire.
- [countable] (informal, especially North American English) a telegram (= a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebody)
给（某人）打电报 - We sent a wire asking him to join us.
我们给他发了一份电报请他加入我们的行列。
see also wiry - We sent a wire asking him to join us.
词源Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.
Idioms
get your wires crossed
- (informal) to become confused about what somebody has said to you so that you think they meant something else
误会（别人的意思） - We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday.
我们似乎搞错了。我以为你星期二会来。
- We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday.
go, come, etc. (right) down to the wire
- (informal) if you say that a situation goes down to the wire, you mean that the result will not be decided or known until the very end
直到最后才见分晓
a live wire
- a person who is lively and full of energy
活跃而精力充沛的人；生龙活虎的人
pull wires (North American English)
(also pull strings (for somebody) British and North American English)
- (informal) to use your influence in order to get an advantage for somebody
凭影响（为某人）谋利益；（为某人）活动，走后门
under the wire
- (informal, especially North American English) at the last possible opportunity; just in time
在最后期限前；勉强赶得及 - The files arrived just under the wire and we made the deadline.
文件很快就到了，我们赶上了最后期限。 - We got in under the wire.
我们赶在开始前入场。
- The files arrived just under the wire and we made the deadline.