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live wire

(laɪv waɪəʳ)

Word forms: plural live wires

countable noun

If you describe someone as a live wire, you mean that they are lively and energetic.

[informal]

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live wire in British English

(laɪv)

noun

1. informal

an energetic or enterprising person

a wire carrying an electric current

live wire in American English

a wire carrying an electric current

2. US, Informal

a person who is energetic and enterprising

live wire in Electrical Engineering

(laɪv waɪər)

Word forms: (regular plural) live wires

noun

(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power)

A live wire is a wire carrying an electric current

If something goes wrong inside and the live wire gets accidentally connected to some metal part, the circuit breaker will blow, protectingthe user from an unpleasant sensation or even electrocution.

To transmit power with single-phase alternating current, we need two wires - live wire and neutral.

A live wire is a wire carrying an electric current

live, wire , wire

Examples of 'live wire' in a sentence
live wire

When we seen you in the Starlight Club you were a real live wire.He might even have thought marriage would draw her out: particularly marriage to a live wire like Giuliano.

(idiom) in the sense of dynamo

Definition

an energetic person

My sister's a real live wire, and full of fun.

Synonyms

dynamo

hustler (US, Canadian, slang)

ball of fire (informal)

life and soul of the party

go-getter (informal)

self-starter

See live

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单词	live wire
释义	Trends of live wire View usage for: live wire (laɪv waɪəʳ) Word forms: plural live wires countable noun If you describe someone as a live wire, you mean that they are lively and energetic. [informal] More Synonyms of live wire live wire in British English (laɪv) noun 1. informal an energetic or enterprising person 2. a wire carrying an electric current live wire in American English 1. a wire carrying an electric current 2. US, Informal a person who is energetic and enterprising live wire in Electrical Engineering (laɪv waɪər) Word forms: (regular plural) live wires noun (Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power) A live wire is a wire carrying an electric current If something goes wrong inside and the live wire gets accidentally connected to some metal part, the circuit breaker will blow, protectingthe user from an unpleasant sensation or even electrocution. To transmit power with single-phase alternating current, we need two wires - live wire and neutral. A live wire is a wire carrying an electric current live, wire , wire Examples of 'live wire' in a sentence live wire When we seen you in the Starlight Club you were a real live wire. Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004) He might even have thought marriage would draw her out: particularly marriage to a live wire like Giuliano. Newbery, Linda RIDDLE ME THIS (2004) (idiom) in the sense of dynamo Definition an energetic person My sister's a real live wire, and full of fun. Synonyms dynamo hustler (US, Canadian, slang) ball of fire (informal) life and soul of the party go-getter (informal) self-starter See live Nearby words of live wire live live it up live on or off something live wire livelihood liveliness livelong Synonyms of 'live wire' live wire Explore 'live wire' in the dictionary
随便看	to be on the news to be on the operating table to be on the phone to be on the pill to be on the point of doing sth to be on the prowl to be on the prowl (for sth) to be on the radar to be on the radar screen to-be-on-the-receiving-end to be on the receiving end at the receiving end to be on the receiving end of sth to be on the right track to be on the road to be on the rocks to be on the safe side to be on the same wavelength to be on the/sb's payroll to be on the scrounge to be on the telephone to be on the threshold of to be on the trail of sb/sth, be on sb's trail to be on the verge of sth/of doing sth to be on the wagon to be on the waiting list (for sth)

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