英汉词典

wheel 基本解释

• n. 车轮；方向盘；转动
• vt. 转动；使变换方向；给…装轮子
• vi. 旋转；突然转变方向；盘旋飞行

wheel 词态变化

wheel 中文词源

来自古英语hweol,轮子，来自PIE*kwel,转，圈，词源同cycle,collar。引申义轮子。

wheel 英文词源

wheel

wheel: [OE] A wheel is etymologically simply something that ‘goes round’. It is a member of a large family of words that goes back to Indo- European *qweqwlo-, which was derived from *qwelo- ‘go round’. Other members include Greek kúklos ‘circle’ (source of English cycle), Sanskrit cakrá- ‘circle, wheel’ (source of English chukker), Serbo-Croat and Czech kolo ‘wheel’, and Russian koleso ‘wheel’. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *khwekhula, which evolved into Dutch wiel, Swedish and Danish hjul, and English wheel.
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wheel (n.)

Old English hweol, hweogol "wheel," from Proto-Germanic *hwewlaz- (cognates: Old Norse hvel, Old Swedish hiughl, Old Frisian hwel, Middle Dutch weel), from PIE *kw(e)-kwl-o- "wheel, circle," suffixed, reduplicated form of root *kwel- (1) (see cycle (n.)).

The root wegh-, "to convey, especially by wheeled vehicle," is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as aks- and nobh-, attests to the presence of the wheel -- and vehicles using it -- at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96]

Figurative sense is early 14c. Wheel of fortune attested from early 15c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1954, a rhyming elaboration of dealer.

wheel (v.)

"to turn like a wheel," c. 1200, from wheel (n.); transitive sense attested from late 14c. Related: Wheeled; wheeling.

wheel 词组搭配

wheel 英文释义

1. a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

2. a handwheel that is used for steering

3. a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel

4. game equipment consisting of a rotating wheel with slots that is used for gambling; players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in

5. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

6. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

wheel 双语例句

1. He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.

他急速打着舵轮，把我们搞得摇来晃去的。

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2. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.

轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

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3. Catlett got behind the wheel and I sat in back.

卡特利特开车，我坐在车子后面。

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4. Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.

未经许可停放的车辆将会被轮夹锁住或拖走。

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5. The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.

多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。

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wheel 实用场景例句

He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.

他猛然刹车，使得前车轮打滑了。

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One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels .

一个男孩用下面装着轮子的小箱子推着另一个男孩。

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This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident.

这是出车祸以来我头一次坐在方向盘前。

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A car swept past with Laura at the wheel .

劳拉驾驶一辆汽车疾驰而过。

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Do you want to take the wheel (= drive) now?

你现在想开车吗？

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At last he had his own wheels.

他终于有了自己的汽车。

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gear wheels

齿轮

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the wheels of bureaucracy/commerce/government, etc.

复杂的官僚、商务、政府等机构

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It was Rob's idea. I merely set the wheels in motion (= started the process) .

这是罗布的主意。我只不过是让它运作起来而已。

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a sixteen-wheeled lorry

十六轮大卡车

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a three-wheeler

三轮机动车

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There are wheels within wheels in this organization─you never really know what is going on.

这个机构里错综复杂，你永远搞不清到底是怎么回事。

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She wheeled her bicycle across the road.

她推着自行车穿过了马路。

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The nurse wheeled him along the corridor.

护士推着他沿楼道走。

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Birds wheeled above us in the sky.

鸟儿在我们上空盘旋。

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She wheeled around and started running.

她突然转身就跑。

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The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.

路面上有些油，汽车车轮经过时直打滑。

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...an eighteenth century mill with a water wheel.

一个带有水轮的18世纪磨粉机

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My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel...

我的副驾驶突然抓住了方向盘。

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Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back toward the cottage...

由柯蒂斯开车，他们启程返回小屋。

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'Do you own a house?' — 'No. But I have wheels.'

“你有房吗？”——“没有，但我有车。”

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He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house...

他把自行车推进了房子旁的小巷中。

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They wheeled her out on the stretcher.

他们用担架床把她推了出去。

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A flock of crows wheeled overhead.

一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。

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He wheeled around to face her...

他突然转过身来面对她。

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She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter.

她突然转身，朝收银台走去。

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The wheel of fortune will swing round again; in politics, it always does...

风水会轮流转；在政治上，它总是如此。

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In his view the wheel of history could not be turned back.

在他看来历史的车轮不能倒退。

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He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.

他知道行政机关办事效率低。

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Our culture is more complex than he knows. Wheels within wheels.

我们的文化比他所知道的要复杂得多，相当庞杂。

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