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- n. 电线；电报
- v. 电报，电汇
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1. a wire basket
金属丝编织篮
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2. The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
那个箱子是用生锈的铁丝捆紧的。
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3. overhead wires
架空电线
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4. fuse wire
保险丝
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5. The telephone wires had been cut.
电话线被割断了。
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6. Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire.
三个囚犯从铁丝网栅栏下钻出去越狱了。
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7. He wired the news to us.
他打电报把这个消息通知了我们。
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8. The bank wired the money to her.
银行将钱电汇给了她。
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9. The bank wired her the money.
银行将钱电汇给了她。
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10. We sent a wire asking him to join us.
我们给他发了一份电报请他加入我们的行列。
- wire (n.) Old English wir "metal drawn out into a fine thread," from Proto-Germanic *wira- (source also of Old Norse viravirka "filigree work," Swedish vira "to twist," Old High German wiara "fine gold work"), from PIE root *wei- "to turn, twist, plait."
- wire (v.) c. 1300, "adorn with (gold) wire," from wire (n.). From 1859 as "communicate by means of a telegraphic wire;" 1891 as "furnish with electrical wires and connections." Related: Wired; wiring.
wire ★ / ˈwaɪə(r) ; NAmE ˈwaɪər / noun , verb wire wires wired wiring noun ★ 1 ★ [uncountable , countable ] metal in the form of thin thread; a piece of this 金属丝；金属线；一段金属丝（或线） ◆ a coil of copper wire 一卷铜丝 ◆ a wire basket 金属丝编织篮 ◆ The box was fastened with a rusty wire. 那个箱子是用生锈的铁丝捆紧的。 ☞see also barbed wire , high wire , tripwire 2 ★ [countable , uncountable ] a piece of wire that is used to carry an electric current or signal 电线；导线 ◆ overhead wires 架空电线 ◆ fuse wire 保险丝 ◆ The telephone wires had been cut. 电话线被割断了。 ☞see also hot-wire 3 the wire [singular ] a wire fence 金属丝编制的栏栅；铁丝网 ◆ Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire. 三个囚犯从铁丝网栅栏下钻出去越狱了。 4 [countable ] ( informal) ( especially NAmE) = telegram ◆ We sent a wire asking him to join us. 我们给他发了一份电报请他加入我们的行列。 ☞see also wiry IDIOMS get your ˈwires crossed ( informal) to become confused about what sb has said to you so that you think they meant sth else 误会（别人的意思） go, come, etc. (right) down to the ˈwire ( informal) if you say that a situation goes down to the wire,you mean that the result will not be decided or known until the very end 直到最后才见分晓 ☞more at live 2 adj. , pull v. verb 1 wiresth (up) to connect a building, piece of equipment, etc. to an electricity supply using wires 用导线给（建筑物、设备等）接通电源 ◆ Make sure the plug is wired up correctly. 插头一定要接对。 2 wiresb/sth up (to sth) | wiresb/sth to sth to connect sb/sth to a piece of equipment, especially a tape recorderor computer system 将…连接到（磁带录音机、计算机等设备） ◆ He was wired up to a police tape recorder. 他被连接到了警方的录音机上。 3 wiresth (for sth) to put a special device somewhere in order to listen secretly to other people's conversations 给…安装窃听器 SYN bug ◆ The room had been wired for sound. 这个房间已经装上了窃听器。 4 ( especially NAmE) to send sb a message by telegram 给（某人）打电报 wiresth (to sb) ◆ He wired the news to us. 他打电报把这个消息通知了我们。 wiresb (sth) ◆ He wired us the news. 他打电报把这个消息通知了我们。 5 to send money from one bank to another using an electronic system 给（某人）电汇 wiresth (to sb) ◆ The bank wired the money to her. 银行将钱电汇给了她。 wiresb sth ◆ The bank wired her the money. 银行将钱电汇给了她。 6 wiresth to join things together using wire 用金属丝把…连在一起 wire / ˈwaɪə(r) ; NAmE ˈwaɪər /
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