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wire

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Related topics: Industry, Electrical, Recording, Telephone, telegraph
wire1 /waɪə $ waɪr/ ●●● S2 W3 noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]TI thin metal in the form of a thread, or a piece of this 金属丝[线]
 copper wire
铜丝
 a wire fence
铁丝网
→ barbed wire, high wire, tripwire
2  [countableC]TEE a piece of metal like this, used for carrying electrical currents or signals 电线
 a telephone wire
电话线
3. get your wires crossed CONFUSEDto become confused about what someone is saying because you think they are talking about something else 弄错别人的意思，误会
Examples from the Corpus
get your wires crossed• Somewhere along the line, some one had got their wires crossed, that much was clear.• We got our wires crossed and I waited for an hour in the wrong place.
4  go/come/be down to the wire informal especially American EnglishAmETIME/HAVE TIME to be finished or achieved with very little time left 直到最后才见分晓
 The game was very close and went right down to the wire.
比赛竞争非常激烈，直到最后才见分晓。
Examples from the Corpus
go/come/be down to the wire• It is down to the wire.• We were in a couple of games that went right down to the wire.• In the event the starting line-up went down to the wire.
5. [countableC] American EnglishAmETCR a piece of electronic recording equipment, usually worn secretly on someone’s clothes 窃听器〔一般偷偷地别在某人的衣服上〕
6. [countableC] American EnglishAmETCT a telegram 电报
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + wire
fine/thin
Use a piece of fine wire to clear the obstruction.
thick
Curtains hung from a thick wire.
copper/steel wire
Electrical impulses are sent down the copper wire.
barbed wire (=wire with a lot of sharp points on it, used for making fences)
The prison was surrounded by barbed wire.
wire + NOUN
a wire fence
We drew up outside a compound surrounded by a wire fence.
a wire rack
Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
phrases
a piece/length/strand of wire
The pieces of wire he’d cut were too short.
a coil of wire
The coil of barbed wire will be used for a fence.
a loop of wire
There is no latch or knob – just a loop of wire that goes over a nail.
Examples from the Corpus
wire• wire reports• A low-powered electric bulb hung starkly from a wire overhead.• So this year, to be on the safe side, she had ordered a roll of chicken wire and metal stakes.• The cable is made of many twisted strands of wire.• But all these things somehow had their centre inside the wire.• When the wires fell, they ignited the gas leaking from the main.• Pumps go with pipes, furnaces go with air-conditioners, switches go with wires.
Related topics: Telephone, telegraph
wire2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  (also wire up)
a) to connect wires inside a building or piece of equipment so that electricity can pass through 给…接上电线；接通〔电源〕
 Check that the plug has been wired up properly.
检查插头是否插好。
b) to connect electrical equipment to the electrical system using wires 用导线将〔设备〕连接到〔电气系统〕
wire something to something
 The CD player had been wired up to the car’s cigarette lighter.
激光唱片播放机已和汽车的点烟器连接。
2. BFBto send money electronically 电汇〔钱〕
3. to attach a piece of recording equipment to a person or room, especially secretly 给…安装窃听器
4  be wired for something to have all the necessary wires and connections for an electrical system to work 接通〔电气系统工作所需的〕线路
 All the rooms have been wired for cable TV.
所有房间都已布好有线电视线路。
Examples from the Corpus
be wired for something• Satellite customers who are wired for cable sometimes keep the service to get local channels.• All the rooms are wired for cable TV.• Deion sneaked up behind the announcer, who was wired for sound, and doused him with ice water.• Venice is to be wired for sound.• Of schools with large numbers of poor students, just 31 percent of schools were wired for the Internet.
5. American EnglishAmETCT to send a telegram to someone 给…打电报
6  TIEto fasten two or more things together using wire 用金属丝把…捆扎在一起
wire something together
 The poles had all been wired together.
杆子全部都捆在一起了。
→ wiring
Examples from the Corpus
wire• Sooner or later most workers will be wired, and another moderator of inflation will then have been exhausted also.• Satellite customers who are wired for cable sometimes keep the service to get local channels.• They are very data conscious now and more wired into productivity, quality, the importance of training, and customer service.• Could you wire me $50?• This latter method is often a good way of wiring outside lights.• Tracy had to have her jaw wired shut.• Bud wired the CD player up to the cigarette lighter in his car.• The electrician is coming to wire the house tomorrow.• We strap on the goggles and headphones which are wired up to what looks like a drum machine.• The businessman was then wired with a listening device and given $ 30,000 to offer Mr Tucker.
From Longman Business Dictionary
wirewire /waɪəwaɪr/ verb [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE
1to send money electronically from one bank to another
Prosecutors said Burks moved $45,000 to his girlfriend and wired $13,300 to a bank account in Florida.
2 (also wire something up) to connect something to a computer system or another piece of equipment
Her laptop is wired up to a router, and the other computers in the house run on wireless adaptors.
Origin wire1
Old English wir
wire1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1wire2 verb
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