wire

['waiə]

n.金属丝, 电线, 电报
vt.发电报, 装电线, (通过电线)接通, 用金属丝把...连一起, 电汇

n.

1. 金属线, 金属丝[C][U]

steel wire

钢丝

2. 电缆, 电线; 电话线[C][U]

His wire is busy just now.

他的电话此刻正占线。

3. (乐器的)金属弦线[P1]

4. 金属丝制品; 金属丝网

5. 【口】电报[C]

I sent a wire to my mother this morning.

今天上午我给母亲打了电话。

vt.

1. 用金属丝缚(或联接, 加固等)[(+to/together)]

He wired the basket to the bicycle.

他用金属丝把篮子绑在脚踏车上。

2. 给……装电线[(+up)]

3. 用电报发送, 拍电报给[(+to)][O1][O2][O5]

He wired us that he would come by plane.

他打电报告诉我们他搭飞机来。

vi.

拍电报

词形变化

形容词: wirable | 动词过去式: wired | 动词过去分词: wired | 动词现在分词: wiring | 动词第三人称单数: wires |

词义辨析

同义:

n.电报; 电信

telegraph  cable

vt.固定; 连结; 绑; 捆

fasten  tie  bind

vt.通电

electrify  

同义参见:

line  hook  cord  thread  telegram  flash  

英英释义

名词 wire:

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

同义词：conducting wire

the finishing line on a racetrack

a message transmitted by telegraph

同义词：telegram

动词 wire:

provide with electrical circuits

send cables, wires, or telegrams

同义词：cable, telegraph

fasten with wire

string on a wire

equip for use with electricity

同义词：electrify

短语词组

live wire

1. 生龙活虎的人

That child's a real live wire.

那孩子生龙活虎般活泼好动。

补充

wirewire英:[ˈwaiə] 美:[waɪr]n.1.金属丝, 金属线Wire twists easily.金属丝容易弯曲。2.电线, 导线Electricity is carried along wires.电沿着电线传导。3.电报He got a wire to go home.他接到一封让他回家的电报。vt. & vi.1.拍电报She wired home for money.她拍电报向家里要钱。Wire me if you can't come.你要是不来就给我打个电报。vt.1.给…装金属线The workmen are busy wiring the new school.工人们正忙着给那所新建的学校装电线。

例句

1. You can mend it with pliers and a length of wire.你可以用钳子和一段铁丝修理它。 2. He touched a wire and was immediately electrocuted.他碰到了电线, 当即触电身亡。 3. gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls探测墙内电线、管道和木材的装置 4. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.我把通到他办公室的电话线扯掉了。 5. the voltage of the overhead wires架空电线的电压 6. I think someone has got their wires crossed and made a mistake.我觉得有人误会了才犯了一个错误。 7. Get on the wire to head office.接通总部电话。 8. Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.谈判人员又一次直到最后时刻才达成了协议。 9. I wired Renata yesterday and asked her to marry me.我昨天发电报给雷娜塔, 向她求婚。 10. He wired the chairman immediately.他马上给主席发了电报。 11. If I get another tummy ache, I will wire you to come.如果我再肚子疼, 我会发电报让你来。 12. They arranged to wire the money from the United States.他们准备从美国把钱电汇过来。 13. Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts.调查人员说有近10万美元汇入了嫌疑人的银行账户。 14. They wired back a long list of books.他们用电报发回了一长串书单。 15. I can wire my own house.我会给自己的房子布电线。 16. a badly wired appliance一台布线很糟糕的电器 17. Lamps should be safely wired.电灯应安全布线。 18. So you can wire a plug, can you?这么说你会给插头接线, 是吗？ 19. Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television.各户都有安保系统, 还接收有线电视。 20. to wire beads together用金属丝穿起珠子 21. to wire the room for lights给房间安电灯线 22. wire me as soon as you get home.一到家就给我拍电报。 23. to wire for someone给某人打电报 24. wiring a plug.给插头安上电线。 25. electricians wired up searchlights.电工们给探照灯安上电线。 26. a microphone wired to a loudspeaker.连接在扬声器上的麦克风。 27. they wired his jaw.他们把他的下颌用金属丝加固。 28. she wired her friend for advice.她打电报给朋友寻求建议。 29. he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500.他正等着澳大利亚的一个朋友给他电汇 1,500美金。 30. it was probable that the test of nerves would go down to the wire.有可能神经检查是最后一项。 31. a piece of wire一根铁丝 32. Twist those two wires together.把那两根铁丝拧在一起。 33. a wire fence铁丝网 34. telephone wires电话线 35. to wire a plug给插头安上电线 36. The microphone was wired up to a loudspeaker.用电线把麦克风接到一个扬声器上。 37. The bank's going to wire me the money.银行将把这笔钱电汇给我。 38. The flowers were bound together with thin wire.那些花是用细金属丝绑在一起的。 39. copper/aluminum wire铜/铝丝 40. a wire rack/fence金属架子；铁丝栅栏 41. wire brushes钢丝刷 42. There was a wire sticking out of the chair.椅子上有根金属丝突出来了。 43. A telephone wire had fallen on the road during the storm.暴风雨中一根电话线掉落到了路上。 44. A short black wire connects the computer's monitor to its keyboard.电脑显示器和键盘是用一根短的黑色电线连接的。 45. corroded wires被腐蚀的电线 46. The undercover officer wore a wire to her meeting with the drug dealer.和毒贩见面时这名女卧底戴了个电子录音器。 47. This story just came over the wire. [=wire service]这则报道刚从通讯社传来。 48. They just received a wire from their daughter.他们刚收到女儿的电报。 49. She was ahead by two seconds at the wire.她以两秒的优势冲过终点线。 50. The marathon ended in a sprint to the wire by the two top runners.两位优秀选手冲刺到终点线，结束了这场马拉松比赛。 51. Both candidates are prepared for a sprint to the wire as election day approaches.随着大选日期的临近，两名候选人都准备好了进行最后冲刺。 52. The committee was undecided right up to the wire. [=until the very end]直到最后一刻委员会仍未做出决定。 53. We took them to the wire in last year's championship. [=we forced them to compete very hard against us until the end of the game]去年的锦标赛我们和对手一直拼到最后。 54. The election went/came (right) down to the wire. [=the election was not decided until the very end]选举直到最后一刻才见分晓。 55. We got our wires crossed for a minute there—I thought you were asking me something else.我们当时有些误解——我以为你在问我别的事情。 56. We must have had our wires crossed.我们之间一定是误会了。 57. Her application got/came in just under the wire. [=just in time]她在最后期限前提交了申请。 58. He led the race (from) wire to wire.竞速赛中他一直领先。 59. "the animal's stiff, wirelike hairs"那种动物粗壮坚硬的毛发 60. The house will be wired next week.下周房子就布好电线了。 61. My room is wired for cable.我的房间布了有线电视线路。 62. The microphone is wired to the speaker.麦克风连接到了扬声器上。 63. You can wire the generator to a car battery.你可以把发电机连到汽车电池上。 64. Her jaw was wired shut after the accident.那场事故发生后她的下颌被金属线固定住了。 65. She wired the money home to Canada.她把钱电汇到加拿大的家里。 66. Can you wire me $300?你能电汇给我300美元吗？ 67. "When you get in to town, wire me."进了城之后给我发电报。