wire是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a piece of thin metal thread that can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particular types of objects that are strong but can bend -- 金屬絲；金屬線

  • a wire fence 金屬線柵欄

  • Someone had cut the phone wires. 有人切斷了電話線。

  • Don't touch those wires whatever you do. 無論如何都別碰那些導線。

  • The undercover police officer was wearing a wire during the meeting. 臥底警官身上藏著竊聽器參加了會面。

  • During the war he spent three years behind the wire (= in prison). 戰爭期間他蹲了三年監獄。

• 1 a telegram -- 電報

• 2 to fasten two things together using wire -- 用金屬絲捆紮

  • She had her jaws wired together so that she wouldn't be able to eat. 她把上下頜用金屬絲捆在一起，這樣就不能吃東西了。

  • The stereo wasn't working because it hadn't been wired up correctly. 立體聲音響不響了，因為電線沒有接好。

  • Nearly one home in ten across the country is wired up to receive TV via cable. 該國有近十分之一的家庭透過電纜接收電視訊號。

• 3 to send money using an electrical communication system -- 用電報傳送；（尤指）電匯

  • The insurance company wired millions of dollars to its accounts to cover the payments. 保險公司向其帳戶裡電匯了幾百萬美元以支付該款項。

  • [ + two objects ] Luckily my father wired me two hundred bucks. 幸運的是，爸爸電匯給我200美元。

  • Janet wired me to say she'd be here a day later than planned. 珍妮特發電報給我，說她要比計劃晚一天到這裡。