wheel
n
1
(a) disc or circular frame that turns on an axle, as on carts, cars, bicycles, etc or as part of a machine, etc 輪; 車輪; 機輪. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page xiii.
(b) (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) any of several types of machine of which a wheel is an essential part 以輪子為主要部件的機器
a potter's `wheel 陶鈞 * a `spinning-wheel 紡車.
2 (usu sing 通常作單數) = steering-wheel (steer1)
The driver sat patiently behind the wheel. 司機在方向盤前耐心地坐著.
He took (ie grasped) the wheel and steered the ship into port. 他掌穩舵輪把船駛進了港口.
3 circular movement, esp that of a line of soldiers pivoting on one end 旋轉運動; (尤指橫排士兵以一端為中心的)旋轉
a left/right wheel 向左[右]轉.
4 (idm 習語) at/behind the `wheel (of sth)
(a) steering (a vehicle or a ship)駕駛(車或船)
Who was at the wheel when the car crashed?汽車碰撞時開車的是誰?
(b) (fig 比喻) in control (of sth) 控制(某事物)
With her at the wheel, the company began to prosper. 有了她當主管, 公司開始興旺起來. oil the wheels => oilv. put one's shoulder to the wheel => shoulder. put a spoke in sb's wheel => spoke1. ,wheels within `wheels situation in which a complicated or secret network of influences, motives, etc exists, making it difficult to understand fully 錯綜復雜的或秘密的勢力、 動機等交織在一起難以了解的情況. wheel, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(a) push or pull (a vehicle with wheels) 推或拉(車)
wheel a barrow (along the street) (在街上)推手推車.
(b) carry (sb/sth) in a vehicle with wheels 用車運載(某人[某物])
wheel sb to the operating theatre on a trolley 用擔架車把某人送到手術室.
2
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
move in a curve or circle 轉動; 旋轉
birds wheeling (about) in the sky above us 在我們上空盤旋的鳥.
(b) [I, Ip] ~ (round/around) turn round and face the other way 轉身
Left/Right wheel! ie as an order given to soldiers 向左[右]轉!
They wheeled round in amazement. 他們驚奇地轉過身來.
3 (idm 習語) ,wheel and `deal (infml 口 esp US) negotiate or bargain in a clever, often dishonest, way (用精明的, 常指欺騙的方法)洽談、 商量或討價還價
There will be a lot of wheeling and dealing before an agreement is reached. 還要有一番討價還價才能達成協議.