英语词汇“wire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wire

/wʌɪə

noun

1 [mass noun] Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod: a coil of copper wire [as modifier]: a wire coat hanger...

Having very thin wire needles pushed into your skin and twiddled is a very bizarre experience.
Others were woven with thin copper wire, creating a seductively shiny and semisolid surface.
The earliest chronographs used vacuum tubes for timing and a thin copper wire to start and stop.

1.1 [count noun] A length or quantity of wire used to carry an electric current, for fencing, etc.Iron creates the magnetic field and copper wires carry away the current generated....

Do wires degenerate when electric current is passed through them?
Objecting to unsightly overhead wires to provide electric current, most British systems did not adopt electric traction until after 1900.

Synonyms

cable, lead, flex

1.2 (usually the wire) North American Horse Racing A wire stretched across and above the start and finish of a racecourse.The pair fought furiously through Churchill's long stretch and were on nearly even terms at the wire and needed the photo finish camera to separate them....

Bred by Devonia Stud, Royal Dragon was held up early in the one-mile turf contest but was able to range up into contention more than one furlong from the wire.
She finished five lengths behind Azeri at the wire.

2An electronic listening device that can be concealed on a person: an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire...

And now she was here, doing what he'd asked while he listened on a wire.

3 informal, chiefly North American A telegram or cablegram.Today, of course, we are no longer tethered to telegraph or telephone wires for conversation....

I frequently went down to the C&O Coloma depot, and spent time there listening in on the wire with agent Baker.

verb [with object]

1Install electric circuits or wires in: wiring a plug electricians wired up searchlights...

The meeting discussed heating arrangements for the winter months and hope to get the prefab wired up for electricity during the next few weeks.
The polygraph, where you're - as you're aware, you have to be wired up to and it measures blood pressure, and heart rate and pulse and so on and so forth.
The informer, who is wired up, is told by one of the News of the World team hidden in a nearby van to move aside so that the paper's photographer can get a clear view of the ‘gang’ to take a picture.

1.1Connect (someone or something) to a piece of electronic equipment: a microphone wired to a loudspeaker...

There's no point buying several grands' worth of audiophile equipment only to wire it up to cheap speakers.
Electronic components are then wired on to the device to process information that it senses or to drive the movement of its mechanical parts.
Although he has been told he would be unlikely to win a patent for wiring a vintage receiver to a handphone, he thinks he can turn it into a design-driven business.

2Provide, fasten, or reinforce with wires: they wired his jaw...

Is it necessary for the jaw to be wired shut afterward?
Later, lying in the hospital with his jaw wired shut, Uncle Tap complained to Dennis that his nocturnal activities had been curtailed.
After all, it's hard to do a reading with your jaw wired shut.

3 informal, chiefly North American Send a telegram or cablegram to: she wired her friend for advice...

As soon as the telegraph lines were back up and running she'd wire the Western Rangers, after all this was what they did for a living.

3.1 [with two objects] Send (money) to (someone) by means of a telegram or cablegram: he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500...

Instead he is unable to clear up suspicions that he embezzled funds and wired large sums of money to the US.
These charges range from weapons smuggling to illegally wiring large sums of money into the United States.
They can have the money wired to their bank account, they can open an account with a specified bank, or they can pick up their winnings personally.

4Snare (an animal) with wire.

5 Croquet Obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop.

Phrases

by wire

down to the wire

get one's wires crossed

the straight wire

under the wire

wire-to-wire

Derivatives

wirer

noun ...

Our electrical wirers are also capable of carrying out electrical conversion work.
An Opportunity has arisen in the Coventry area for a skilled wirer that involves working with injection mould machines.
After one or two years of satisfactory performance, frame wirers may be selected to train for a more skilled job such as that of test desk technician or central office repairer.

Origin

Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere 'plait, weave'.

The base of wire probably meant ‘to plait or weave’. In the 1850s people started taking or sending a message by wire, or by telegraph. If a situation goes down to the wire its outcome is not decided until the very last minute. This expression originated in the USA in the late 19th century and comes from the world of horse racing. Racecourses there have a wire stretched across and above the finishing line: a race that goes down to the wire is one in which the horses are neck and neck right to the finish.

单词	wire
释义	wire /wʌɪə / noun 1 [mass noun] Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod: a coil of copper wire [as modifier]: a wire coat hanger... Having very thin wire needles pushed into your skin and twiddled is a very bizarre experience. Others were woven with thin copper wire, creating a seductively shiny and semisolid surface. The earliest chronographs used vacuum tubes for timing and a thin copper wire to start and stop. 1.1 [count noun] A length or quantity of wire used to carry an electric current, for fencing, etc.Iron creates the magnetic field and copper wires carry away the current generated.... Do wires degenerate when electric current is passed through them? Objecting to unsightly overhead wires to provide electric current, most British systems did not adopt electric traction until after 1900. Synonyms cable, lead, flex 1.2 (usually the wire) North American Horse Racing A wire stretched across and above the start and finish of a racecourse.The pair fought furiously through Churchill's long stretch and were on nearly even terms at the wire and needed the photo finish camera to separate them.... Bred by Devonia Stud, Royal Dragon was held up early in the one-mile turf contest but was able to range up into contention more than one furlong from the wire. She finished five lengths behind Azeri at the wire. 2An electronic listening device that can be concealed on a person: an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire... And now she was here, doing what he'd asked while he listened on a wire. 3 informal, chiefly North American A telegram or cablegram.Today, of course, we are no longer tethered to telegraph or telephone wires for conversation.... I frequently went down to the C&O Coloma depot, and spent time there listening in on the wire with agent Baker. verb [with object] 1Install electric circuits or wires in: wiring a plug electricians wired up* searchlights... The meeting discussed heating arrangements for the winter months and hope to get the prefab wired up for electricity during the next few weeks. The polygraph, where you're - as you're aware, you have to be wired up to and it measures blood pressure, and heart rate and pulse and so on and so forth. The informer, who is wired up, is told by one of the News of the World team hidden in a nearby van to move aside so that the paper's photographer can get a clear view of the ‘gang’ to take a picture. 1.1Connect (someone or something) to a piece of electronic equipment: a microphone wired to a loudspeaker... There's no point buying several grands' worth of audiophile equipment only to wire it up to cheap speakers. Electronic components are then wired on to the device to process information that it senses or to drive the movement of its mechanical parts. Although he has been told he would be unlikely to win a patent for wiring a vintage receiver to a handphone, he thinks he can turn it into a design-driven business. 2Provide, fasten, or reinforce with wires: they wired his jaw... Is it necessary for the jaw to be wired shut afterward? Later, lying in the hospital with his jaw wired shut, Uncle Tap complained to Dennis that his nocturnal activities had been curtailed. After all, it's hard to do a reading with your jaw wired shut. 3 informal, chiefly North American* Send a telegram or cablegram to: she wired her friend for advice... As soon as the telegraph lines were back up and running she'd wire the Western Rangers, after all this was what they did for a living. 3.1 [with two objects] Send (money) to (someone) by means of a telegram or cablegram: he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500... Instead he is unable to clear up suspicions that he embezzled funds and wired large sums of money to the US. These charges range from weapons smuggling to illegally wiring large sums of money into the United States. They can have the money wired to their bank account, they can open an account with a specified bank, or they can pick up their winnings personally. 4Snare (an animal) with wire. 5 Croquet Obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop. Phrases by wire down to the wire get one's wires crossed the straight wire under the wire wire-to-wire Derivatives wirer noun ... Our electrical wirers are also capable of carrying out electrical conversion work. An Opportunity has arisen in the Coventry area for a skilled wirer that involves working with injection mould machines. After one or two years of satisfactory performance, frame wirers may be selected to train for a more skilled job such as that of test desk technician or central office repairer. Origin Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere 'plait, weave'. The base of wire probably meant ‘to plait or weave’. In the 1850s people started taking or sending a message by wire, or by telegraph. If a situation goes down to the wire its outcome is not decided until the very last minute. This expression originated in the USA in the late 19th century and comes from the world of horse racing. Racecourses there have a wire stretched across and above the finishing line: a race that goes down to the wire is one in which the horses are neck and neck right to the finish. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah
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