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a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc. 轮胎 
a front/rear tyre 前/后轮胎 to pump up a tyre 给轮胎打气 a flat tyre 瘪了的车胎 Someone had slashed the tyres on her car. 有人割破了她的汽车轮胎。 Remember to check your tyre pressure regularly. 记得定期检查轮胎气压。 a burst/punctured tyre 爆胎/爆胎 bald/worn tyres 磨平的／磨损的轮胎 car/bicycle tyres 汽车/自行车轮胎 He drove off with a screech of tyres. 他开车走了，轮胎发出刺耳的声音。 I need him to show me how to change a tyre. 我需要他告诉我如何换轮胎。 Keeping your tyres inflated to the proper pressure can improve mileage. 保持轮胎充气到合适的压力可以提高里程数。
Collocationssee also balloon tyre, spare tyreDriving Driving 驾驶 Having a car 拥有一辆汽车 - have/own/(British English) run a car
有一辆汽车 - ride a motorcycle/motorbike
骑摩托车 - drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift
开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车 - have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下 - buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car
买／卖二手车 - take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test
参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试 - get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license
得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving 驾驶 - put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
系上／解开安全带 - put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关 - start the car/engine
发动汽车／引擎 - (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear
换挡；挂上挡 - press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
踩刹车／离合器／油门 - release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake
松开离合器／手刹 - drive/park/reverse the car
驾车；停车；倒车 - (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn
拐弯；错过拐弯处 - apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
踩刹车；猛踩刹车 - beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn
按喇叭
Problems and accidents 问题及事故 - a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)
车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞 - swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人 - crash/lose control of the car
撞车；车失控 - have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故 - be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒 - dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood
撞凹／撞上引擎盖 - break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield
打碎挡风玻璃 - blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire
爆胎；扎破轮胎 - get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了 - inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations 交通法规 - be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
遇上堵车 - cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
引起交通堵塞 - experience/face lengthy delays
经历／面临长时间的延误 - beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
避开交通高峰时段 - break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit
超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶 - be caught on (British English) a speed camera
被测速摄像机逮住 - stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding
因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住 - (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights
闯红灯 - be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉 - be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving
被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsb1, Transport by car or lorryb1She checked the tyres and oil before setting off. 她出发前检查了轮胎和汽油量。 He was going so fast he blew (= burst) a tyre. 他车开得太快，结果轮胎爆了。 Her truck had snow tyres. 她的卡车装有防滑轮胎。 I got a flat tyre soon after setting off. 我出发没多久轮胎就瘪了。 Someone let the tyres down overnight as a joke. 有人搞恶作剧，夜里把轮胎的气都放了。 The tyres crunched to a standstill on the gravel. 车子嘎吱一声在沙砾路上停了下来。 This car is fitted with radial tyres. 这辆车配有子午线轮胎。 Vandals had slashed the tyres and broken the side mirror. 破坏分子划破轮胎并且打碎了侧视镜。 tough-looking trucks with fat tyres and reinforced springs 配有粗轮胎和加固弹簧的看起来十分结实的卡车
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- punctured
- blown
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- set
- change
- replace
- inflate
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- be deflated
- be punctured
- deflate
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- mark
- tracks
- pressure
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- a crunch of tyres
- a screech of tyres
- a squeal of tyres
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting the curved pieces of iron plate which went around the carriage wheels): perhaps a variant of archaic tire, shortening of attire (because the tyre was the “clothing” of the wheel).
Idioms
kick the tyres
(North American English kick the tires)
to test the quality of something to see whether it is suitable for you before you buy it （购买商品前）测试质量