wheel
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or…A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
» Take the wheel, Tom.
Держи штурвал, Том.
Візьмись за кермо, Томе.
Значення
значень: 23A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
(розмовне, with definite article)A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
He fell asleep at the wheel.
The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
A spinning wheel.
A potter's wheel.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
(сленг)A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
(застаріле, сленг)A superuser on certain systems.
(сленг)The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
(сленг)The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
A wheelrim.
A round portion of cheese.
Приклади
речень: 383Take the wheel, Tom.
Візьмись за кермо, Томе.
ruДержи штурвал, Том.
His car has no wheels.
Його машина не має колес.
ruУ его автомобиля нет колёс.
deSein Auto hat keine Räder.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Під лежачий камінь вода не тече.
You don't need to reinvent the wheel.
Не треба наново винаходити колесо.
ruНе надо изобретать велосипед.
deDu musst das Fahrrad kein zweites Mal erfinden.
Tom fell asleep at the wheel.
ruТом уснул за рулём.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 2
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Походження
From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from PFrom Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and kike.
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Форми
множина: wheelsСиноніми
синонімів: 10- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims:rack
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in:roulette wheel
- a handwheel that is used for steering:steering wheel
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals:bicyclebikecycle
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 280Сполучуваність
шаблонів: 7- behind the wheel
- at the wheel
- the ferris wheel
- steering wheel
- the steering wheel
- ferris wheel
- take the wheel