wire
noun/ˈwaɪər/
Слово англійською: wire
Переклад wire українською: дріт, про́від, телегра́ма, метале́ва моча́лка
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] metal in the form of thin thread; a piece of this
- a coil of copper wire
- wire mesh
- A high wire fence encircles the complex.
- a wire basket
- The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
- [countable, uncountable] a piece of wire that is used to carry an electric current or signal
- electrical wires
- a spider's web of unsightly overhead wires
- The telephone wires had been cut.
Wordfindersee also hot-wire- battery
- charge
- conduct
- connect
- electricity
- generate
- insulate
- power
- switch
- wire
- an electronic listening device that can be hidden on a person
- an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire
- the wire[singular] a wire fence
- Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire.
- [countable] (informal, especially North American English) a telegram (= a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebody)
- We sent a wire asking him to join us.
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
- We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday.
go, come, etc. (right) down to the wire
- (informal) 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
a live wire
- a person who is lively and full of energy
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
under the wire
- (informal, especially North American English) at the last possible opportunity; just in time
- The files arrived just under the wire and we made the deadline.
- We got in under the wire.