Значення

значень: 15
  1. (незлічуване)Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

    Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool

    Draht

    про́волокаpróvoloka, про́водpróvod

    про́відpróvid, дрітdrit

  2. (злічуване, незлічуване)A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

  3. (злічуване, незлічуване)A metal conductor that carries electricity.

    That wire powers the lamp.

    Draht, Ader

    про́водpróvod

    a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

  4. (злічуване, незлічуване)A fence made of usually barbed wire.

  5. (злічуване, незлічуване)A finish line of a racetrack.

    the finishing line on a racetrack

  6. (злічуване, розмовне, незлічуване)A telecommunication wire or cable.

  7. (ширше, злічуване, незлічуване)An electric telegraph; a telegram.

    a message transmitted by telegraph

  8. (злічуване, сленг, незлічуване)A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

    Wanze

    жучо́кžučók, прослу́шкаproslúška

  9. (злічуване, розмовне, незлічуване)A deadline or critical endpoint.

    This election is going to go right to the wire

  10. (злічуване, незлічуване)A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

  11. (злічуване, зазвичай у множині, незлічуване)Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.

    to pull the wires for office

  12. (злічуване, сленг, незлічуване)A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.

Приклади

речень: 225
  1. This cage is made of wire.

    Ця клітка зроблена з дроту. — aandrusiak

    ruЭта клетка сделана из проволоки. — al_ex_an_der

    deDieser Käfig ist aus Draht. — Wolf

  2. Tom cut the wrong wire.

    Том перерізав не той дріт. — deniko

    ruТом перерезал не тот провод. — marafon

  3. I just made it under the wire.

  4. Where did you get that piece of wire?

    deWoher hast du das Stück Draht? — raggione

  5. The police asked Tom to wear a wire.

    deDie Polizei bat Tom, ein Abhörgerät mit sich zu führen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Українська
За значеннями 1
thin thread of metal:
Русский
За значеннями 2
thin thread of metal:
slang: hidden listening device on the person:
Deutsch
За значеннями 3
thin thread of metal:
metal conductor that carries electricity:
slang: hidden listening device on the person:

Походження

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”),

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

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Форми

множина: wires
Однинаwire
Множинаwires

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Синоніми

синонімів: 8
thin thread of metal:cableB2threadB2steel wire
informal: message transmitted by telegraph:telegramB1
metal conductor that carries electricity:conducting wire
fencing made of usually barbed wire:barbed wire
informal: telegraph:telegraph
object used to keep the score in billiards:score string
Близькі за значенням
  • a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance:conducting wire
  • a message transmitted by telegraph:telegram

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 167

Дивіться також

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