wheel /wiːl/ CET4 TEM4 ( wheeling, wheeled, wheels )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects that are attached underneath it and that enable it to move along the ground. 车轮

  例：

  The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.

  小汽车的车轮在路面的油迹上空转打了滑。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A wheel is a circular object that forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part. 机轮

  例：

  The wheels are usually fairly large.

  该机轮通常相当大。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The wheel of a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it. The wheel is used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone is at the wheel or behind the wheel of a car, they are driving it. 方向盘

  例：

  My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel.

  我的副驾驶突然抢过了方向盘。

  例：

  Curtis got behind the wheel and they started back toward the cottage.

  柯蒂斯开车，他们启程返回小屋。

• 4. 

  V-T If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along. 推 (带轮子的物体)

  例：

  He wheeled his bike into the alley at the side of the house.

  他把自行车推进了房屋一侧的胡同里。

• 5. 

  N-PLURAL People talk about the wheels of an organization or system to mean the way in which it operates. (组织或系统的) 运作方式

  例：

  He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.

  他知道行政机构运作缓慢。

• 6. 

  → see also steering wheel