wire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /waɪə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈwaɪɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. uncountable
    — Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool
  2. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. countable,uncountable
  3. A metal conductor that carries electricity. countable,uncountable
    — That wire powers the lamp.
  4. A fence made of usually barbed wire. countable,uncountable
  5. A finish line of a racetrack. countable,uncountable
  6. A telecommunication wire or cable. countable,informal,uncountable
    — The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.
  7. An electric telegraph; a telegram. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — Another letter. "Friedrichswerks, Hamburg, Germany. We beg to acknowledge receipt of order for fifteen thousand Robots." [Telephone rings.] Hello! This is the Central Office. Yes. Certainly. Well, send them a wire. Good. [Hangs up telephone.] Where did I leave off?
  8. A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. countable,slang,uncountable
  9. A deadline or critical endpoint. countable,informal,uncountable
    — This election is going to go right to the wire
  10. A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score. countable,uncountable
  11. Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings. countable,plural-normally,uncountable
    — to pull the wires for office
  12. A pickpocket, especially one who targets women. archaic,countable,uncountable
  13. A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game. countable,slang,uncountable
  14. A knitting needle. Scotland,countable,uncountable
  15. The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds. countable,uncountable
  16. Clipping of wire service and/or newswire. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,informal
    — Breaking news reports have just come in to us over the wire.
动词 v.
  1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
    — We need to wire that hole in the fence.
  2. To string on a wire.
    — wire beads
  3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
    — Do you know how to wire a plug?
  4. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:; To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
    — I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
  5. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:; To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
    — There is an enormous neurological consequence to mechanorecptor dysfunction, which is related to how these cells are wired into the spinal cord.
  6. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:; To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
    — He was the minority leader's political eyes and ears— nicknamed "the Electrician," due to all the intrigue and legislative shenanigans he was wired into.
  7. To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way. figuratively,passive,usually
    — There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.
  8. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph. ambitransitive
    — Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
  9. To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired. slang
    — Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.
  10. To install eavesdropping equipment. slang
    — We wired the suspect's house.
  11. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
  12. To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. transitive

词形变化

wires plural wires present,singular,third-person wiring participle,present wired participle,past wired past

词汇关系

近义词
score string telegraph
反义词
unwire
下位词
baling wire barbed wire chicken wire earthing wire earth wire enameled wire enamelled wire fuse wire guy wire haywire jump wire live wire piano wire pull wire razor wire telegraph wire tinsel wire trawlwire tripwire trip wire woven wire
衍生词
American wire gauge archwire barbed wire barb wire barb-wire behind the wire Birmingham wire gauge bobbed wire bob wire bodge wire body wire bridge wire Brussels wire ground by wire cheese wire chicken wire common wire concertina wire conducting wire contact wire crosswire C wire Dannert wire down to the wire drive-by-wire enameled wire Fedwire fence wire fencing wire firewire fly-by-wire fly-wire flywire French wire fuse wire gate-to-wire get one's wires crossed go to the wire ground wire guidewire guy-wire have one's wires crossed haywire highwire high-wire high wire highwire walker high-wire walker interwire intrawire Israeli Wire Kirschner wire K-wire live wire live-wire low wire magnesium wire microguidewire microwire mosquito wire mulga wire multiwire nanowire needle wire newswire news wire nonwireless office wire on the wire over-the-wire page wire pendulum wire piano wire pinion wire poultry wire pressure wire priming wire private-wire house pull the wires razor wire razor-wired ribbon wire slackwire slidewire smoothwire softwire spit and baling wire stair wire stair-wire tickle the wire tie wire tightwire trawlwire tripwire under the wire underwire underwired waiver wire wire bail wireball wirebird wire bonder wirebound wire bridge wire broadcasting wire-brush wire brush wire cartridge wire chamber wire clippers wire cloth wire connector wire copy wire cutter wire cutters wired wire-dancer wire-dancing wiredraw wiredrawer wire edge wire-edged wire entanglement wireform wire fox terrier wire-frame wireframe wire frame wire fraud wire fu wire gauze wiregrass wire-guard wire gun wirehair wirehaired wire-haired wirehead wire-heel wirehouse wirelength wireless wirelessly wirelessness wirelike wireline wiremaker wiremaking wireman wire mattress wire netting wire nut wire off wirephoto wirer wire recorder wirerimmed wireroom wire rope wire rush wirescape wire service wiresmith wiresome wire speed wire stem wire stripper wiretap wire-tap wire tap wiretapper wire-to-wire wire to wire wire transfer wirewalker wirewalking wirewater wireweed wire wheel wire wool wirework wireworker wireworm wire-wove wire wrap wiry word on the wire X-by-wire zip wire zip-wire wiring biwired biwiring hard-wire hot-wire miswire prewire rewire structured wiring unwire wirable wire away wiredness wire in wire into
相关词
filament hawser cable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
词源 2
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
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