wire

• Stranded wire is usually preferred to solid wire .
  最好是用多股绞合导线，而不用单股导线。
• He heated the metal and drew it out into a long wire .
  他把金属烧热，并将它拉成一条长线。
• The two wires are touching .
  那两根电线搭上了。
• The trolley bus picks up current from an overhead wire .
  无轨电车的电能是通过架空线供给的。
• The snap of the television wire took away the picture .
  电视机的电线突然断了，使图像消失了。
• Cut the wire and attach its free ends to a switch .
  把导线切开，把断开的两端接到一个开关上。
• The telegraph wires thrummed, thrummed, thrummed above them .
  电线在他们头上呜呜地响个不停。
• That bit of wire had engaged him in a game of hide-and-seek .
  这一根铁丝同他玩起捉迷藏来了。
• If you wire tom, please give him my hearty good wishes .
  如果你致电汤姆，请转达我的衷心祝贺。
• She's a live wire .
  她既活泼而又精力充沛。