spoke
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rimA support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
» One of the spokes on my bicycle is broken.
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5 sensesA support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
Speiche
спи́цаspíca
спи́цяspýcja, шпи́цяšpýcja
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.
one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Examples
9 sentencesOne of the spokes on my bicycle is broken.
Don't put your hands in the spokes.
One of my bike's spokes has bust.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen. — brauchinet
She's always putting spokes in other people's wheels.
ruОна вечно вставляет всем палки в колеса. — V_Zmoova
One of the spokes on my bike has gone.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen. — brauchinet
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, fromFrom Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
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