- [countable]
one of the round objects under a car, bicycle, bus, etc. that turns when it moves 輪；車輪；輪子 He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid. 他猛然刹車，使得前車輪打滑了。 the rear wheels of the car 汽車的後輪 She was killed when she was crushed under the wheels of a bus. 她被公共汽車車輪壓死了。 I had lightweight wheels on my bike. 我的自行車有輕便的輪子。 tractors with powered front wheels 前輪驅動的拖拉機 - on wheels
One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels. 一個男孩用下面裝着輪子的小箱子推着另一個男孩。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2A tyre blew and we had to change the wheel. 車胎爆了，我們不得不更換輪胎。 She braked too hard and the wheels locked. 她剎車太猛，車輪抱死了。 She fell under the wheels of a bus. 她倒在了公共汽車的車輪下。 The wheels were still going around. 輪子還在轉動。 the sound of wheels crunching over snow 車輪軋在雪地上的嘎吱嘎吱聲
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bicycle
- car
- etc.
- …
- change
- replace
- go around
- go round
- spin
- …
- arch
- base
- bearings
- …
- on wheels
- under the wheels
- [countable, usually singular]
the round object used for controlling the direction in which a car, etc. or ship moves （汽車等的）方向盤；（輪船的）舵輪 Always keep both hands on the wheel. 請始終將雙手放在方向盤上。 - behind the wheel
Never get behind the wheel if you're too tired. 如果你太累了，千萬不要開車。 This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident. 這是出車禍以來我頭一次坐在方向盤前。 - at the wheel
A car swept past with Laura at the wheel. 勞拉驅車疾馳而過。 Do you want to take the wheel (= drive) now? 你現在想開車嗎？ She fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a tree. 她開車時睡着了，撞到了一棵樹上。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterb1I drove the first 200 miles and then Steve took the wheel. 我先開了 200 英裏，然後由史蒂夫駕駛。 I saw the car drive past, but didn't recognize the woman behind the wheel. 我看見汽車開過去了，卻沒有認出開車的女子。 I spend a lot of time behind the wheel. 我很多時間都在開車。 The bus set off again with a fresh driver at the wheel. 公共汽車又出發了，由另一名司機駕駛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + wheel- grip
- hold
- turn
- …
- lock
- at the wheel
- behind the wheel
- keep your hands on the steering wheel
- put your hands on the steering wheel
- take your hands off the steering wheel
- …
- wheels[plural] (informal)
a car 汽車 - [countable]
a flat, round part in a machine 機輪 gear wheels 齒輪
- wheels[plural] wheel (of something)
an organization or a system that seems to work like a complicated machine that is difficult to understand 錯綜複雜的機構（或系統） (in adjectives 構成形容詞 having the number or type of wheels mentioned 有…輪的 a sixteen-wheeled lorry 十六輪大卡車
(in nouns 構成名詞 a car, bicycle, etc. with the number of wheels mentioned 有…輪子的汽車（或自行車等） a three-wheeler 三輪機動車
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bicycle
- car
- etc.
- …
- change
- replace
- go around
- go round
- spin
- …
- arch
- base
- bearings
- …
- on wheels
- under the wheels
on/in vehicles車輛
in machine機器
organization/system組織；系統
-wheeled有…輪
-wheeler有…輪子的車
Word OriginOld English hwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’.
Idioms
asleep at the wheel | asleep on the job
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
not paying enough attention to what you need to do 沒有充分注意你需要做什麽 Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel. 讓我們希望監管者不是在開車時睡着了。 They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened. 随着金融危機的加深，他們在工作中睡着了。 Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen. 發生這種事時，一定有人在睡覺。
a cog in the machine/wheel
- (informal)
a person who is a small part of a large organization （大機構中的）小職員，小成員
oil the wheels (British English)
(North American English grease the wheels)
to help something to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics （尤指在商業上或政治上）起促進作用
put your shoulder to the wheel
to start working very hard at a particular task 着手大幹起來；全力以赴 Everyone is going to have to put their shoulder to the wheel. 每個人都必須全力以赴。
put a spoke in somebody’s wheel
- (British English)
to prevent somebody from putting their plans into operation 破壞某人的計劃；阻撓某人實行計劃
reinvent the wheel
to waste time creating something that already exists and works well 重複發明；無謂地重複；浪費時間做無用功 There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel. 我們沒有必要重新發明輪子。
wheels within wheels