n. 车轮;方向盘;转动
vt. 转动;使变换方向;给…装轮子
vi. 旋转;突然转变方向;盘旋飞行
wheel 轮子
来自古英语hweol,轮子,来自PIE*kwel,转,圈,词源同cycle,collar。引申义轮子。
The root wegh-, "to convey, especially by wheeled vehicle," is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as aks- and nobh-, attests to the presence of the wheel -- and vehicles using it -- at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96]Figurative sense is early 14c. Wheel of fortune attested from early 15c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1954, a rhyming elaboration of dealer.