The wires were sparking above me.

电线正在我头顶上方冒火花。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The wires had short-circuited and burnt out.

电线短路，烧坏了。

《牛津词典》

The Internet lets millions of wired people work from home; now, with widespread WiFi, many have cut the wires and left home to work where they please.

互联网让数百万的“线上”人士在家工作；现在，随着无线网络的普及，许多人已经切断了网线，离开家去他们想去的地方工作。

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And the wires were not put up straight.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

We take Johns' brain, we put it in Smith's torsel we hook up all the wires as it were, ? the thing wakes up, who is that?

把约翰斯的大脑放进史密斯的躯干,再把各个部位按原样连接好，它醒了，它是谁？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

We take the right half of Johns' brain, put it into Smith's torsel, hook up all the wires the right way, ? the thing wakes up, who is it?

把约翰斯的右半脑，放进史密斯的躯干，按原样连接各个部位，醒来的是谁？

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"The heat causes the wires to expand, imperceptibly to the naked eye, " Donovan said.

WSJ: Commuters warned: Summer heat may slow Metro-North

MSOs can offer depends in part on bits of the wires that they do not control.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

To exploit the effect, the wires have to be so close as to be almost touching.

ECONOMIST: Wireless power