wire

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【释义】：

n．❶ 金属线，铜丝，铁丝，钢丝：telephone wires电话线．a private wire 专用电线．wire rope钢丝绳，金属缆．wire netting金属丝网，铁丝网．pull the wires暗中操纵．a live wire 1)通有电流的金属线．2)【喻】活泼而有精力的人．❷ 【口语】电信，电报：send sb．a wire 给某人拍电报．send off a wire 拍电报．Let me know by wire what time to expect you．电告我你什么时候来．

－vt．❶ 用金属丝卷、捆，或绑住：wire two things together用金属丝把两物绑在一起．wire carnations加金属丝于康乃馨花(使花剪下后保持直立)．put beads on fine wire 用细金属丝穿珠子．❷ 安装电线：Has the new building been wired for electricity yet?这幢新大楼已安装好电线了吗?❸ 用铁丝网捕捉(鸟、兔子等)．❹ 【口语】拍电报：He wired me that he would arrive in a week·他拍电报告诉我，他将于一周内到达．－vi．【口语】拍电报：wire for instruction拍电报请示．wire to sb．给某人拍电报．Please wire back at once．请速回电．

△wire in【口语】使劲工作．