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N-VAR
金属丝;金属线
A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current.
例句
...fine copper wire.
细铜丝
...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls.
探测墙内电线、管道和木材的小装置
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N-COUNT
电线;导线;电缆
A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another.
例句
I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
我把通到他办公室的电话线拔掉了。
...the voltage of the overhead wires.
头顶上方电线的电压
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VERB
在…里装电线;给…布线
If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it.
例句
...learning to wire and plumb the house herself...
她学着自己给房子布线走管
Lamps should be safely wired...
电灯布线要安全稳妥。
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N-COUNT
同 telegram
A wire is the same as a telegram .
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VERB
给…发电报
If you wire a person, you send them a telegram.
例句
He wired the chairman immediately...
他马上给主席发了电报。
They wired back a long list of books...
他们用电报发回了一长串书单。
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VERB
电汇(款)
If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message.
例句
I'm wiring you some money...
我要给你汇些钱。
They arranged to wire the money from the United States...
他们安排从美国汇款。
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PHRASE
到最后一刻
If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
例句
Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.
谈判人员又是直到最后时刻才达成了协议。