- [uncountable, countable]
metal in the form of thin thread; a piece of this 金屬絲；金屬線；一段金屬絲（或線） a coil of copper wire 一卷銅絲 wire mesh 金屬絲網 A high wire fence encircles the complex. 一個高高的鐵絲網圍繞着這個建築群。 a wire basket 金屬絲編織籃 The box was fastened with a rusty wire. 那個箱子是用生鏽的鐵絲捆緊的。
Extra ExamplesCool the cakes on a wire rack. 把蛋糕放在金屬架上晾涼。 Surely the wires shouldn't show like that? 電線絕對不該這樣走嗎？ The wire was stretched between two poles. 金屬絲繃在兩根杆子之間。 wire coat hangers 金屬衣架
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- taut
- loose
- fine
- …
- length
- piece
- strand
- …
- cut
- bend
- twist
- …
- mesh
- netting
- basket
- …
- behind a/the wire
- under a/the wire
- [countable, uncountable]
a piece of wire that is used to carry an electric current or signal 電線；導線 
electrical wires 電線 a spider's web of unsightly overhead wires 難看的架空電線組成的蜘蛛網 The telephone wires had been cut. 電話線被割斷了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringb2Don't place carpets over electrical wires. 别把地毯鋪在電線上面。 Don't touch that wire. It's live. 别碰那根電線，它通着電呢。 He disconnected the wire from the clock. 他把時鐘的電源線斷開了。 The electrician ran a wire from the kitchen to the bedroom. 電工從廚房拉了一根電線到卧室。 The wire was attached to a pin in the plug. 電線連在插頭的一個插腳上。 Watch out for bare wires. 當心那些裸露的電線。 overhead electricity wires 高架電線 the flow of electrical current down a wire 順着電線的電流 I found myself tripping over a tangle of wires and cables. 我被一團電線和電纜絆了一下。 There were wires trailing everywhere. 電線拉得到處都是。 Where does this wire go? 這條電線通到哪兒？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- electricity
- …
- attach
- connect
- disconnect
- …
- go
- lead
- run
- …
- along a/the wire
- down a/the wire
- a tangle of wires
an electronic listening device that can be hidden on a person 金屬絲編制的栅欄；鐵絲網 an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire 戴着竊聽器的秘密警察線人
- the wire[singular]
a wire fence 金屬絲編制的栅欄；鐵絲網 Extra ExamplesBehind the wire, the prisoners were exercising. 鐵絲網内，囚犯們正在操練。 They cut the perimeter wire and escaped. 他們剪斷了環繞四周的鐵絲網逃跑了。
- [countable] (informal, especially North American English)
a telegram (= a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebody) 給（某人）打電報 see also wiry
Word OriginOld English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.
Idioms
get your wires crossed
- (informal)
to become confused about what somebody has said to you so that you think they meant something else 誤會（别人的意思） We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday. 我們似乎搞錯了。我以爲你星期二會來。
go, come, etc. (right) down to the wire
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if you say that a situation goes down to the wire, you mean that the result will not be decided or known until the very end 直到最後才見分曉
a live wire
a person who is lively and full of energy 活躍而精力充沛的人；生龍活虎的人
pull wires (North American English)
(also pull strings (for somebody) British and North American English)
- (informal)
to use your influence in order to get an advantage for somebody 憑影響（爲某人）謀利益；（爲某人）活動，走後門
under the wire
- (informal, especially North American English)
at the last possible opportunity; just in time 在最後期限前；勉強趕得及 The files arrived just under the wire and we made the deadline. 文件很快就到了，我們趕上了最後期限。 We got in under the wire. 我們趕在開始前入場。