wheel
轮子,车轮,轮毂,轮船
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Definitions
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- : a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- : any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel.
- : steering wheel.
- : Nautical. a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering: He took the wheel during the storm.a paddle wheel. a propeller.
- : Informal. a bicycle.
- : a round object, decoration, etc.: a wheel of cheese; a design of red wheels and blue squares.
- : an old instrument of torture in the form of a circular frame on which the victim was stretched until disjointed.
- : a circular firework that revolves rapidly while burning; pinwheel.
- : a rotating instrument that Fortune is represented as turning in order to bring about changes or reverses in human affairs.
- : wheels, moving, propelling, or animating agencies: the wheels of commerce; the wheels of thought.Slang.a personal means of transportation, especially a car.
- : a cycle, recurring action, or steady progression: the wheel of days and nights.
Phrases
- wheel and deal
- wheels in motion
- wheels within wheels
- asleep at the switch (wheel)
- at the wheel
- big cheese (wheel)
- cog in the wheel
- fifth wheel
- grease (oil) the wheels
- hell on wheels
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- reinvent the wheel
- set (wheels) in motion
- spin one's wheels
- squeaky wheel gets the grease
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
An ATV’s power goes to zero as soon as the wheels lose traction, so naturally, you want more grip.
But, we aren’t at a point where marketers can take our hands entirely off the steering wheel.
The wheels and legs do stick out a bit beyond the actual grill when it’s folded.
In hub drive systems, the motor is housed in one of the wheels.
It would have to put an impossibly large number of customers behind the wheel.
They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.
“They think Putin is the only evil in Russia and dream about getting rid of him,” he said, tightening his grip on the wheel.
Maybe the wheel will turn again, and heterosexuality will come to seem edgy.
It was only a matter of time that the wheel turned its full revolution.
The “little joker” was a small tin wheel with a wire attached to it, which fit inside the combination of any bank safe.
Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
He deposited it on the vacant seat, clambered up behind the wheel, and started.
The non-elastic character of water made it unsuitable for a machine requiring a fly-.