n.

1. 金屬線，金屬絲[C][U]
   steel wire

   鋼絲

2. 電纜，電線；電話線[C][U]
   His wire is busy just now.

   他的電話線此刻沒有空。

3. （樂器的）金屬弦線[P1]
4. 金屬絲製品；金屬絲網
5. 【口】電報[C]
   I sent a wire to my mother this morning.

   今天上午我給母親打了電話。

vt.

1. 用金屬絲縛（或聯接，加固等）[（+to/together）]
   He wired the basket to the bicycle.

   他用金屬絲把籃子綁在腳踏車上。

2. 給……裝電線[（+up）]
3. 用電報發送，拍電報給[（+to）][O1][O2][O5]
   He wired us that he would come by plane.

   他打電報告訴我們他搭飛機來。

vi.

1. 拍電報

n.

1. metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod.
   ▸a length or quantity of wire used for fencing, to carry an electric current, etc.
   ▸ (usu. the wire) N. Amer. Horse Racing  a wire stretched across and above the start and finish of a racecourse.
2. a concealed electronic listening device.
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. a telegram or cablegram.

v.

1. install electric circuits or wires in.
2. provide, fasten, or reinforce with wire.
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. send a telegram or cablegram to.
   ▸send (money) to (someone) by such means.
4. snare with wire.
5. Croquet  obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop.

[名]

1. ①鐵絲；鋼索。
2. ②電線。
3. ③（樂器的）弦。