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 -- 金属丝；金属线

  • a wire fence 金属线栅栏

  • Someone had cut the phone wires. 有人切断了电话线。

  • Don't touch those wires whatever you do. 无论如何都别碰那些导线。

  • The undercover police officer was wearing a wire during the meeting. 卧底警官身上藏着窃听器参加了会面。

  • During the war he spent three years behind the wire (= in prison). 战争期间他蹲了3年监狱。

• 1 a telegram -- 电报

• 2 to fasten two things together using wire -- 用金属丝捆扎

  • She had her jaws wired together so that she wouldn't be able to eat. 她把上下颌用金属丝捆在一起，这样就不能吃东西了。

  • The stereo wasn't working because it hadn't been wired up correctly. 立体声音响不响了，因为电线没有接好。

  • Nearly one home in ten across the country is wired up to receive TV via cable. 该国有近十分之一的家庭通过电缆接收电视信号。

• 3 to send money using an electrical communication system -- 用电报传送；（尤指）电汇

  • The insurance company wired millions of dollars to its accounts to cover the payments. 保险公司向其账户里电汇了几百万美元以支付该款项。

  • [ + two objects ] Luckily my father wired me two hundred bucks. 幸运的是，爸爸电汇给我200美元。

  • Janet wired me to say she'd be here a day later than planned. 珍妮特发电报给我，说她要比计划晚一天到这里。