English Dictionary

wire

IPA（発音記号）

/waɪə(ɹ)/

動詞

比喩的用法 受動態 通常 俗語 他動詞

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. / To string on a wire. / To equip with wires for use with electricity.

日本語の意味

ワイヤーを使用して、例えばワインボトルやコルク栓、または柵などを固定する、留める / ワイヤーに沿って何かを取り付ける、吊るす / 電気用途のために、電線などを装備する

Please wire the corks on those champagne bottles so they don't pop during transport.

輸送中に飛び出さないように、そのシャンパンのコルクを針金でしっかりと留めてください。

意味（1）

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

We need to wire that hole in the fence.

意味（2）

To string on a wire.

wire beads

意味（3）

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

Do you know how to wire a plug?

意味（4）

To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.

I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

意味（5）

To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).

There is an enormous neurological consequence to mechanorecptor dysfunction, which is related to how these cells are wired into the spinal cord.

意味（6）

To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).

He was the minority leader's political eyes and ears— nicknamed the Electrician, due to all the intrigue and legislative shenanigans he was wired into.

意味（7）

(figuratively, usually passive) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.

There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.

意味（8）

To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.

意味（9）

(slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.

Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.

意味（10）

(slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.

We wired the suspect's house.

意味（11）

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

意味（12）

(transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

wires （ present singular third-person ）

wiring （ participle present ）

wired （ participle past ）

wired （ past ）