Wire
[waɪə] or ['waɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc.
(noun.) a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance.
(noun.) the finishing line on a racetrack.
(verb.) fasten with wire; 'The columns were wired to the beams for support'.
(verb.) string on a wire; 'wire beads'.
(verb.) provide with electrical circuits; 'wire the addition to the house'.
杰里手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
(n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
(v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
(v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
(v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
(v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
(v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
(v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
安东尼編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Metallic thread.
v. a. [1]. Put upon a wire.[2]. Bind with wire.[3]. Ensnare by wires.[4]. [Modern.] Telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.
手打:索菲
解釋/意思:
n. a thread of metal: the metal thread used in telegraphy &c.: the string of an instrument: the slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds: a telegram: (slang) a clever pickpocket: (Shak.) the lash scourge.—adj. formed of wire.—v.t. to bind snare or supply with wire: to keep the ends of a broken bone together with wire: to send by telegraph.—v.i. to telegraph.—n. Wire′-bridge a suspension-bridge.—adj. Wired having wiry feathers.—n. Wire′-dan′cer a performer on a tight wire.—v.t. Wire′-draw to draw into wire: to draw or spin out to a great length: to strain or stretch the meaning of anything.—ns. Wire′drawer; Wire′drawing.—adj. Wire′drawn spun out into needless fine distinctions.—ns. Wire′-gauze a kind of stiff close fabric made of fine wire; Wire′-grass a kind of fine meadow-grass; Wire′-guard wire-netting placed in front of a fire; Wire′-heel a defect or disease of the foot; Wire′-man one who puts up or takes care of wires; Wire′-net′ting Wire′work a texture of wire woven in the form of a net; Wire′-pull′er one who exercises an influence felt but not seen as if the actors were his puppets and he pulled the wires that move them: an intriguer; Wire′-pull′ing; Wī′rer a snarer; Wire′-rope a rope of twisted iron or steel.—adj. Wire′-sewed -stitched sewed with wire instead of thread.—ns. Wire′way transportation by means of wires; Wire′work articles made of wire; Wire′worker; Wire′working; Wire′-worm a name given to the larv?of click-beetles from their slenderness and uncommon hardness very injurious to root grain and fodder crops.—adj. Wire′wove denoting a fine glazed quality of writing-paper.—adv. Wī′rily.—n. Wī′riness the state of being wiry.—adj. Wī′ry made of or like wire: flexible and strong.—Wire away or in to act with vigour.—Pull the wires (see Wire-puller above).
錄入:莫伊拉
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of wire, denotes that you will make frequent but short journeys which will be to your disparagement. Old or rusty wire, signifies that you will be possessed of a bad temper, which will give troubles to your kindred. To see a wire fence in your dreams, foretells that you will be cheated in some trade you have in view.
杜威手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- No, it is not even attached to a wire. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- If a close coil of wire is suspended between the poles of a strong horseshoe magnet, it will not assume any characteristic position but will remain wherever placed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- One day Edison appeared with some tin-foil and four or five yards of fine wire. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- We made up a scheme to hold this wire, so he changed one letter of the alphabet and I soon got used to it; and finally we changed three letters. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He experimented with bundles of iron wires variously insulated, also with sheet-iron rolled cylindrically and covered with iron wire wound concentrically. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Wires from the coil terminate on metal disks and are securely soldered there. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As if her eyes and her chin worked together on the same wires. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The exchange is connected by private telegraph wires and ticker wires with every important financial center. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- For instance, in the very earliest days of electric lighting, the safe insulation of two bare wires fastened together was a serious problem that was solved by him. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I wired to Bristol for it last night. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I wired to Cambridge to learn if anything had been heard of him there. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The building was wired from top to bottom, and equipped with all the appliances of the art. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Holmes had already wired to Forbes, and we found him waiting to receive us--a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Have just been wired for from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The juices are put in bottles and are immediately corked and wired securely, and then submerged in a water bath to a depth of about 1 inch above the bottles. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I wired to Lord Mount-James. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It was still raining hard and I thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Theoretically, a three-wire installation is evenly balanced by wiring for an equal number of lamps on both sides. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, distribution mains, meters, house-wiring, safety-devices, lamps, and lamp-fixtures--all were vital parts of the whole system. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is provided with a heavy wattage and therefore requires special wiring. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- These required special wiring, as the wattage was too heavy to allow of their operation from the light socket. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The dash unit includes the dash, complete steering gear, coil, horn, and all wiring ready to be attached to the motor, so that its installation is rapid. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I spent three days in wiring to Dundee, and at the end of that time I had ascertained the names of the crew of the SEA UNICORN in 1883. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
校對:瓦珥