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Geneva wheel (mechanism that translates a continuous rotation) noun | 槽轮 /cáolún/noun |
high heels (pair of shoes) noun [UK: haɪ hiːlz] [US: ˈhaɪ ˈhiːlz] | 高跟鞋 /gāogēnxié/noun |
meals on wheels (service that delivers food to those unable to cook for themselves) noun | 送餐服務noun |
millwheel (water wheel used to power a watermill) noun [UK: ˈmɪl.wiːl] [US: ˈmɪl.wiːl] | 水輪noun 水轮 /shuǐlún/noun |
pinwheel [pinwheels] (fake flower for children) noun [UK: pˈɪnwiːl] [US: pˈɪnwiːl] | 風車noun 风车 /fēngchē/noun |
potter's wheel (machine used by a potter) noun [UK: ˈpɑː.tərz ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈpɑː.tərz ˈhwiːl̩] | 拉坯輪noun 拉坯轮 /lāpīlún/noun 鈞noun 钧 /jūn/noun 陶工旋盤noun 陶輪noun 陶轮 /táolún/noun 陶鈞noun 陶钧 /táojūn/noun |
prayer wheel (rotating cylinder containing prayers) noun [UK: preə(r) ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈprer ˈhwiːl̩] | 轉經筒noun |
reinvent the wheel (do work unnecessarily) verb | 做無用功verb |
spinning wheel (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle) noun [UK: ˈspɪn.ɪŋ ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈspɪn.ɪŋ ˈhwiːl̩] | 紡車noun 纺车 /fǎngchē/noun |
steering wheel [steering wheels] (wheel-shaped control) noun [UK: ˈstɪər.ɪŋ ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈstɪr.ɪŋ ˈhwiːl̩] | 方向盤noun 舵輪noun 舵轮 /duòlún/noun |
stiletto heel (heel of a high and narrow shoe) noun [UK: stɪ.ˈle.təʊ hiːl] [US: stə.ˈleto.ʊ ˈhiːl] | 細鞋跟noun 细鞋跟 /xì xiégēn/noun |
third wheel (unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date) noun [UK: ˈθɜːd ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈθɝːd ˈhwiːl̩] | 電燈泡noun |
three-wheeler [three-wheelers] (cycle or motorcycle with three wheels) noun [UK: θriː ˈwiː.lə(r)] [US: ˈθriː ˈwiː.lər] | 三輪車noun 三轮车 /sānlúnchē/noun |
training wheel (one of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle’s rear wheel to provide support for new riders, see also: stabilizer) noun | 輔助輪noun 辅助轮 /fǔzhùlún/noun |
two-wheel tractor (tractor with one axle) noun | 兩輪拖拉機noun |