catherine wheel
凯瑟琳轮,凯瑟琳之轮,凯瑟琳轮子,凯瑟琳车轮
Definitions
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- : a firework that revolves on a pin, making a wheel of fire or sparks; pinwheel.
- : wheel window.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.
Catherine Lemay is impressed by neither the myth nor the reality when she arrives in Montana in the summer of 1956.
“They think Putin is the only evil in Russia and dream about getting rid of him,” he said, tightening his grip on the wheel.
Maybe the wheel will turn again, and heterosexuality will come to seem edgy.
Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
He deposited it on the vacant seat, clambered up behind the wheel, and started.
The non-elastic character of water made it unsuitable for a machine requiring a fly-wheel.
To quote Mrs. Kaye, 'A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.'
I think 6½ feet diameter for the fly, and 9½ inches diameter for the small wheel, will give speed enough to the drum.