wheel

[wiːl]
n
a solid disc, or a circular rim joined to a hub by radial or tangential spokes, that is mounted on a shaft about which it can turn, as in vehicles and machines
anything like a wheel in shape or function
a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal component
a water wheel
short for wheel of fortuneshort for potter's wheel
the act of turning
a pivoting movement of troops, ships, etc
a type of firework coiled to make it rotate when let off
a set of short rhyming lines, usually four or five in number, forming the concluding part of a stanzaSee bob
the disc in which the ball is spun in roulette
an informal word for bicycle
a refrain
a person of great influence (esp in the phrase big wheel)
vb
to turn or cause to turn on or as if on an axis
to move or cause to move on or as if on wheels; roll
to perform with or in a circular movement
to provide with a wheel or wheels
to change one's mind or opinion
See wheels
- 习惯用语
- the wheel a medieval torture consisting of a wheel to which the victim was tied and then had his limbs struck and broken by an iron bar
- at the wheel driving or steering a vehicle or vessel.in charge
- wheel and deal to be a free agent, esp to advance one's own interests