wheel
noun
verb
wiːl
noun
1
ON A VEHICLE
车辆上
one
of
the
round
things
under
a
car,
bus,
bicycle
etc
that
turns
when
it
moves
轮子，车轮
front/rear/back
wheel
The
car
slid
sideways,
its
rear
wheels
spinning
.
汽车向一侧打滑，后轮猛转。
on
wheels
a
trolley
on
wheels
带轮子的小推车
two-wheeled/three-wheeled/four-wheeled
(having
two,
three
etc
wheels)
两轮的/三轮的/四轮的
a
three-wheeled
car
三轮汽车
two-wheeler/
three-wheeler
2
FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE
用于控制车船等
the
round
piece
of
equipment
that
you
turn
to
make
a
car,
ship
etc
move
in
a
particular
direction
〔汽车、轮船等的〕方向盘，转向盘
usually singular 一般用单数
at/behind
the
wheel
(driving
a
car)
在驾驶汽车
The
driver
must
have
fallen
asleep
at
the
wheel
.
那个司机一定是在开车时睡着了。
Shall
I
take
the
wheel
(=drive
instead
of
someone
else)
?
我来开车好吗？
3
IN A MACHINE
机器上的
a
flat
round
part
in
a
machine
that
turns
round
when
the
machine
operates
机轮
a
gear
wheel
齿轮
4
the wheels of sth
the
way
in
which
a
complicated
organization,
system
etc
works
〔复杂的机构、体系等的〕运作方式
We
hope
that
the
next
government
will
do
more
to
keep
the
wheels
of
industry
turning
(=help
it
to
work
smoothly
and
easily)
.
我们希望下届政府作出更多努力，让工业顺利发展。
oil/grease
the
wheels
(of
sth)
(help
something
to
work
more
smoothly
and
easily)
使（某事）顺利发展
The
money
people
spend
at
Christmas
oils
the
wheels
of
the
economy.
人们在圣诞节花的钱会促进经济的发展。
5
the wheel of fortune/life/time etc
the
way
in
which
things
change
in
life,
or
in
which
the
same
things
seem
to
happen
again
after
a
period
of
time
命运之轮/生命之轮/时间的车轮等
We
are
powerless
to
stop
the
wheel
of
history.
我们无力阻挡历史的车轮。
6
(set of) wheels
a
car
[口] 汽车
spoken
Do
you
like
my
new
wheels?
你喜欢我的新车吗？
7
wheels within wheels
used
to
say
that
a
situation
is
complicated
and
difficult
to
understand
because
it
involves
processes
and
decisions
that
you
know
nothing
about
[口] 错综复杂的情况，复杂的形势
spoken
8
set the wheels in motion/set the wheels turning
to
make
a
particular
process
start
让〔某过程〕运作起来
It
only
took
one
phone
call
to
set
the
wheels
in
motion.
只打了一个电话就让事情运作起来了。
9
a/the big wheel
an
important
person
[非正式] 重要人物
informal
He
became
a
big
wheel
in
the
East
India
Company.
他成了东印度公司的要人。
verb
10
a.
to
push
something
that
has
wheels
somewhere
b.
to
move
someone
or
something
that
is
in
or
on
something
that
has
wheels
用轮椅 （手推车等 ）运送〔某人或某物〕
T always + adv/prep
Kate
wheeled
her
bike
into
the
garage.
凯特把她的自行车推进车库。
Two
nurses
were
wheeling
him
into
the
operating
theatre.
两名护士正把他推进手术室。
11
if
birds
or
planes
wheel,
they
fly
around
in
circles
〔鸟或飞机〕盘旋
I
12
to
turn
around
suddenly
突然转身
I
[+
around
]
She
wheeled
around
and
started
yelling
at
us.
她突然转身，冲着我们嚷嚷起来。
13
wheel and deal
to
do
a
lot
of
complicated
and
sometimes
dishonest
deals,
especially
in
politics
or
business
〔尤指在政治或商业上〕投机取巧，玩弄手段
14
to
publicly
produce
someone
or
something
and
use
them
to
help
you
achieve
something
[非正式] 〔为帮助自己达成某事而〕请出〔某人〕，推出〔某物〕
Then
the
prosecution
wheeled
in
a
surprise
witness.
然后原告请出了一位意想不到的目击证人。
The
government
wheeled
out
the
same
old
arguments
to
support
its
election
campaign.
政府又搬出老一套论调来支持其选举活动。