1. under the wire : 在终点线;
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名词
Placing an order-(下定单)
1. 金属丝;金属线
A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current.
2. 电线;导线;电缆
A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another.
3. 在…里装电线;给…布线
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.
4. 同 telegram
A wire is the same as a telegram .
5. 给…发电报
If you wire a person, you send them a telegram.
6. 电汇(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.
7. 到最后一刻
If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
8. see also: barbed wire;high wire;hot-wire;live wire
相关词组:wire up
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
Synonym: conducting wire
3. a message transmitted by telegraph
Synonym: telegram
4. the finishing line on a racetrack