wire
n. 金属丝; 电线; 铁丝网
v. 给…布线; 打电报; 电汇(款)
A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current.
...fine copper wire.
细铜丝
...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls.
探测墙内电线、管道和木材的小装置
A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another.
I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
我把通到他办公室的电话线拔掉了。
...the voltage of the overhead wires.
头顶上方电线的电压
If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it.
...learning to wire and plumb the house herself...
她学着自己给房子布线走管
Lamps should be safely wired...
电灯布线要安全稳妥。
A wire is the same as a telegram .
If you wire a person, you send them a telegram.
He wired the chairman immediately...
他马上给主席发了电报。
They wired back a long list of books...
他们用电报发回了一长串书单。
If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message.
I'm wiring you some money...
我要给你汇些钱。
They arranged to wire the money from the United States...
他们安排从美国汇款。
If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.
谈判人员又是直到最后时刻才达成了协议。
1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
3. the finishing line on a racetrack
4. a message transmitted by telegraph
1. provide with electrical circuits;
2. send cables, wires, or telegrams
3. fasten with wire;
4. string on a wire;
5. equip for use with electricity;
string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire
这些名词均含"线"之意。
by wire
用电报,通过电报
down to the wire
(非正式)到最后一刻;直至最后;最终
get one's wires crossed
wire-to-wire
(北美,非正式)从起点到终点;自始至终
down to the wire【非正式用语】
坚持到最后:如赛跑或比赛中到最后一刻,最终
under the wire
&I{【体育运动】} 在终点线处
【非正式用语】 及时;在最后一刻
They will wire the new house for electricity.
他们将给新房屋安装电线.
Don't let the wire rub up against the pipe.
别让电线碰到管子上.
Let's wire in and finish the job.
让我们加把劲,把工作做完吧.
He disconnected the wire from the clock.
他把时钟的电源线断开了.
Join those two ends of wire and you'll make a circuit.
把那两个导线连接起来即构成一个电路.