wires / waɪər /

电线

wires4 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
  2. such pieces as a material.
  3. a length of such material, consisting either of a single filament or of several filaments woven or twisted together and usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as a conductor of electricity.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
  2. resembling wire; wirelike.
v. 有主动词 verb

wired, wir·ing.

  1. to furnish with wires.
  2. to install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting.
  3. to fasten or bind with wire: He wired the halves together.
v. 无主动词 verb

wired, wir·ing.

  1. to send a telegraphic message; telegraph: Don't write; wire.

wires 近义词

n. 名词 noun

conducting strand

更多wires例句

  1. The lines may not seem like much – a punch of poles, wires and equipment.
  2. The panel systems have conduits underneath them, which house the wires that transmit the electricity generated.
  3. On shorter routes, overhead electrical wires began to provide the juice.
  4. Wires hang from its ceiling, its marble floors are chipped and trash is strewn across the dusty corridors.
  5. In 2011, the wires were clogged with stories of a potential Peace Prize gong for Julian Assange.
  6. Little thrills of excitement running from Rosemary's fingers to her toes felt like vibrating wires.
  7. Flocks of birds seemed to sing through the air, striking against the telegraph wires.
  8. "Warn the men, and arrange tanks and chutes accordingly; for Harvey Cheyne is in a hurry, a hurry—hurry," sang the wires.
  9. For the antenna and lead-in and ground wires, Jessie purchased three hundred feet of copper wire, number fourteen.
  10. They laid out the work for the next morning, but did nothing practical toward erecting the wires and attendant parts that day.