Wheel

[wiːl] or [wil]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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).

(noun.) a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel.

(noun.) forces that provide energy and direction; 'the wheels of government began to turn'.

(verb.) move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; 'The President's convoy rolled past the crowds'.

(verb.) change directions as if revolving on a pivot; 'They wheeled their horses around and left'.

(verb.) wheel somebody or something.

錄入:费尔普斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.

(n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.

(n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.

(n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

(n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.

(n.) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.

(n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.

(n.) The burden or refrain of a song.

(n.) A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.

(n.) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

(n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

(v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

(v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.

(v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.

(v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.

(v. i.) To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.

(v. i.) To roll forward.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, roll, turn round, move round.[2]. Deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside, alter one's course.

v. a. [1]. Whirl, twirl, spin, put into a rotatory motion.[2]. Move on wheels, convey on wheels.

整理:洛蒂

解釋/意思:

n. a circular frame turning on an axle: an old instrument of torture: a steering-wheel: (fig.) the course of events from the wheel one of the attributes of Fortune the emblem of mutability: (coll.) a bicycle or tricycle: circular motion: principle of life or motion: (Shak.) a refrain: (pl.) chariot: (slang) a dollar.—v.t. to cause to whirl: to convey on wheels: to turn.—v.i. to turn round or on an axis: to roll forward: to change direction: to move in a circle: to change about: (coll.) to ride a bicycle or tricycle.—ns. Wheel′-an′imal -animal′cule a rotifer; Wheel′-barrow a barrow supported on one wheel and two handles and driven forward by one man; Wheel′-boat a boat having wheels for use on water or on inclined planes; Wheel′-carr′iage any kind of carriage moved on wheels; Wheel′-chair a chair moving on wheels.—adj. Wheel′-cut cut or ground and polished on a wheel—of glass.—n. Wheel′-cut′ter a machine for cutting the teeth on watch and clock wheels.—p.adj. Wheeled having wheels.—ns. Wheel′er one who wheels: the horse nearest the wheels of a carriage: a maker of wheels; Wheel′-horse one of the horses next the wheels in a team; Wheel′-house a box or small house erected over the steering-wheel in ships: a paddle-box; Wheel′ing the act of moving or conveying on wheels: a turning or circular movement of troops; Wheel′-lock a lock for firing a gun by means of a small steel wheel; Wheel′man a steersman: a cyclist; Wheel′-plough a plough the depth of whose furrow is regulated by a wheel; Wheel′-race the part of a race in which the water-wheel is fixed; Wheel′-tax a tax on carriages; Wheel′-win′dow a circular window with radiating tracery; Wheel′-work a combination of wheels and their connection in machinery; Wheel′wright a wright who makes wheels and wheel-carriages.—adj. Wheel′y like a wheel.—Wheel and axle one of the mechanical powers in its primitive form a cylindrical axle on which a wheel concentric with the axle is firmly fastened the power being applied to the wheel and the weight attached to the axis; Wheel of life (see Zoetrope); Wheels within wheels a complication of circumstances.—Break a butterfly (fly &c.) upon the wheel to inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence: to employ great exertions for insignificant ends.

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