wirable

wire

W0183500 (wīr)n.1. a. Metal that has been drawn out into a strand or rod, used chiefly for structural support, as in concrete, and for conducting electricity, when it is usually insulated with a rubber or plastic cladding: bought some wire at the hardware store.b. A strand or rod of such material, or a cable made of such strands twisted together.c. Fencing made of wire, especially barbed wire.d. wires The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.2. Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.3. a. A telephone or telegraph connection: Who is on the wire?b. A telegraph service: sent the message by wire.c. A telegram or cablegram: "Mac got a wire from Milly that Uncle Tim was dead" (John Dos Passos).d. A wire service: The news came over the wire.4. A pin in the print head of a computer printer.5. The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.6. Sports The finish line of a racetrack.7. Slang A pickpocket.v. wired, wir·ing, wires v.tr.1. a. To equip with a system of electrical wires: wire a house.b. To attach or connect with electrical wire or cable: Is the printer wired to the computer?c. To attach or fasten with wire: Surgeons wired his shoulder together.2. Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).3. a. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.b. To send a telegram to (someone).4. Computers To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.5. To determine genetically; hardwire: "It is plausible that the basic organization of grammar is wired into the child's brain" (Steven Pinker).v.intr. To send a telegram.Idioms: down to the wire Informal To the very end, as in a race or contest. under the wire1. Sports At the finish line.2. Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.

[Middle English, from Old English wīr; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

wir′a·ble adj.

wirable

(ˈwaɪərəbəl) adjable to be wired

单词	wirable
释义	wirable wire W0183500 (wīr)n.1. a. Metal that has been drawn out into a strand or rod, used chiefly for structural support, as in concrete, and for conducting electricity, when it is usually insulated with a rubber or plastic cladding: bought some wire at the hardware store.b. A strand or rod of such material, or a cable made of such strands twisted together.c. Fencing made of wire, especially barbed wire.d. wires The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.2. Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.3. a. A telephone or telegraph connection: Who is on the wire?b. A telegraph service: sent the message by wire.c. A telegram or cablegram: "Mac got a wire from Milly that Uncle Tim was dead" (John Dos Passos).d. A wire service: The news came over the wire.4. A pin in the print head of a computer printer.5. The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.6. Sports The finish line of a racetrack.7. Slang A pickpocket.v. wired, wir·ing, wires v.tr.1. a. To equip with a system of electrical wires: wire a house.b. To attach or connect with electrical wire or cable: Is the printer wired to the computer?c. To attach or fasten with wire: Surgeons wired his shoulder together.2. Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).3. a. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.b. To send a telegram to (someone).4. Computers To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.5. To determine genetically; hardwire: "It is plausible that the basic organization of grammar is wired into the child's brain" (Steven Pinker).v.intr. To send a telegram.Idioms: *down to the wire* Informal To the very end, as in a race or contest. *under the wire1. Sports* At the finish line.2. Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment. [Middle English, from Old English wīr; see wei- in Indo-European roots.] wir′a·ble adj. wirable (ˈwaɪərəbəl) adjable to be wired EncyclopediaSeewire
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