n.

1. 金属线，金属丝[C][U]
   steel wire

   钢丝

2. 电缆，电线；电话线[C][U]
   His wire is busy just now.

   他的电话此刻正占线。

3. （乐器的）金属弦线[P1]
4. 金属丝制品；金属丝网
5. 【口】电报[C]
   I sent a wire to my mother this morning.

   今天上午我给母亲打了电话。

vt.

1. 用金属丝缚（或联接，加固等）[（+to/together）]
   He wired the basket to the bicycle.

   他用金属丝把篮子绑在脚踏车上。

2. 给……装电线[（+up）]
3. 用电报发送，拍电报给[（+to）][O1][O2][O5]
   He wired us that he would come by plane.

   他打电报告诉我们他搭飞机来。

vi.

1. 拍电报

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.