wire

string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

名词 wire:

1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
   同义词：conducting wire
3. the finishing line on a racetrack
4. a message transmitted by telegraph
   同义词：telegram

动词 wire:

1. provide with electrical circuits
2. send cables, wires, or telegrams
   同义词：cable, telegraph
3. fasten with wire
4. string on a wire
5. equip for use with electricity
   同义词：electrify

1. The fabric was displayed on a wired stand.
   那种织物陈列在金属制的架子上。
2. As soon as the equipment is wired up, you can use it.
   这个设备一接通电源你就能用了。
3. The two pieces of wood were wired together.
   这两块木头已用金属丝捆在一起了。
4. The rope was not strong enough, so we used wire.
   这根绳子不够结实，所以我们用金属线。

wire

n.（名词）
A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
金属丝，金属线：有各种长度和直径的通常易弯的金属制的线或条，有时有包层、通常绝缘，主要用于结构上的支撑或输送电流
A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
电缆，电线：绑在一起或绕在一块作为一个功能单位的一组金属线；电缆
Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.
金属线状物：如在细或坚韧方面象金属线的东西，金属丝状物
An open telephone connection.
公开的电话线
Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person`s body or in a building.
【俚语】 隐形话筒，窃听器：如放在人身体上或建筑物上的不让外人看到的麦克风

A telegraph service.
电报服务
A telegram or cablegram.
电报或海底电报
Computer Science A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
【计算机科学】 撞针：计算机打印机的印刷头上的撞针
The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
造纸网：造纸机上形成纸张的屏障
Sports The finish line of a racetrack.
【体育运动】 终点线：赛跑场上的终点线
wires
wires
The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.
牵线：木偶表演中用于操纵木偶的一套线
Hidden controlling influences.
幕后操纵的势力
Slang A pickpocket.
【俚语】 扒手
Fencing made of usually barbed wire.
金属栅栏：通常用装有倒钩的金属线做成的篱笆
v.（动词）
wired,wir.ing,wires
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
用金属线捆扎、联结或加固
To string (beads, for example) on wire.
用金属线串成：在金属线上串上（如珠子等）
To equip with a system of electrical wires.
装设电线
Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
【俚语】 安装窃听装置：在（如屋子）里安装电子窃听装置
To send by telegraph:
用电报传送：
例句：
wired her congratulations.
向她致电祝贺

To send a telegram to.
给…打电报
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To send a telegram.
打电报

<习惯用语>down to the wire【非正式用语】
To the very end, as in a race or contest.
坚持到最后：如赛跑或比赛中到最后一刻，最终
under the wire
Sports At the finish line.
【体育运动】 在终点线处
Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
【非正式用语】 及时；在最后一刻
来源：
Middle English [slender metal rod]
中古英语 [细长的金属线]
from Old English wor * see wei-
源自 古英语 wor *参见 wei-

【引伸】
wir.able
adj.（形容词）