柯林斯英英词典

wheel [wiːl]

1. 1. n a solid disc, or a circular rim joined to a hub by radial or tangential spokes, that is mounted on a shaft about which it can turn, as in vehicles and machines

2. 2. n anything like a wheel in shape or function

3. 3. n a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal component

   a steering wheel

   a water wheel

4. 4. n short for wheel of fortune potter's wheel

5. 5. n the act of turning

6. 6. n a pivoting movement of troops, ships, etc

7. 7. n a type of firework coiled to make it rotate when let off

8. 8. n a set of short rhyming lines, usually four or five in number, forming the concluding part of a stanza - Compare bob

9. 9. n the disc in which the ball is spun in roulette

10. 10. n an informal word for bicycle

11. 11. n [US and Canadian] [古词] a refrain

12. 12. n [口语] [chiefly US and Canadian] a person of great influence (esp in the phrase big wheel)

13. 13. vb [when intr sometimes foll by about or round] to turn or cause to turn on or as if on an axis

14. 14. vb to move or cause to move on or as if on wheels; roll

15. 15. vt. [tr] to perform with or in a circular movement

16. 16. vt. [tr] to provide with a wheel or wheels

17. 17. vi. [intr; often foll by about] to change one's mind or opinion

18. 18. vi. See also wheels

19. 19. vi. [Etymology] Old English hweol, hweowol; related to Old Norse hvel, Greek kuklos, Middle Low German wel, Dutch wiel