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N-VAR
金屬絲;金屬線
A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current.
例句
...fine copper wire.
細銅絲
...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls.
探測墻內電線、管道和木材的小裝置
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N-COUNT
電線;導線;電纜
A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another.
例句
I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
我把通到他辦公室的電話線拔掉了。
...the voltage of the overhead wires.
頭頂上方電線的電壓
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VERB
在…里裝電線;給…布線
If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it.
例句
...learning to wire and plumb the house herself...
她學著自己給房子布線走管
Lamps should be safely wired...
電燈布線要安全穩妥。
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N-COUNT
同 telegram
A wire is the same as a telegram .
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VERB
給…發電報
If you wire a person, you send them a telegram.
例句
He wired the chairman immediately...
他馬上給主席發了電報。
They wired back a long list of books...
他們用電報發回了一長串書單。
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VERB
電匯(款)
If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message.
例句
I'm wiring you some money...
我要給你匯些錢。
They arranged to wire the money from the United States...
他們安排從美國匯款。
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PHRASE
到最后一刻
If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
例句
Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.
談判人員又是直到最后時刻才達成了協議。