1. at the wheel : 掌舵, 控制, 指挥;
2. wheels within wheels : 错综复杂的情况, 复杂的机构;
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1. 轮;轮子;车轮
The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground.
2. 机轮
A wheel is a circular object which forms a part of a machine, usually a moving part.
3. 方向盘
The wheel of a car or other vehicle is the circular object that is used to steer it. The wheel is used in expressions to talk about who is driving a vehicle. For example, if someone is at the wheel of a car, they are driving it.
4. 汽车
People sometimes refer to a car as wheels .
5. 推(带轮子的物体)
If you wheel an object that has wheels somewhere, you push it along.
6. (动物、鸟禽等)转圈,旋转,盘旋
If something such as a group of animals or birds wheels, it moves in a circle.
7. (因惊讶、震惊或生气)突然转身
If you wheel around, you turn around suddenly where you are standing, often because you are surprised, shocked, or angry.
8. (尤指多次发生相同的情形)命运之轮
You use wheel in expressions such as the wheel of fortune to refer to the changes that take place in life, especially when you are referring to the fact that the same situations occur more than once.
9. (组织或系统的)运作方式
People talk about the wheels of an organization or system to mean the way in which it operates.
10. (各种影响、原因和行动交织在一起的)错综复杂的情况
If you say that there are wheels within wheels, you mean that there are a number of different influences, reasons, and actions which together make a situation complicated and difficult to understand.
11. see also: Catherine wheel;meals on wheels;potter's wheel;spare wheel;spinning wheel;steering wheel;water wheel
1. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
2. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
Synonym: rack
3. game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling
the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
Synonym: roulette wheel
4. a handwheel that is used for steering
Synonym: steering wheel
5. a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
6. a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
7. forces that provide energy and direction
e.g. the wheels of government began to turn