also wheelhouse, 1835, "structure enclosing a large wheel," especially one over the steering wheel of a steamboat, thus "pilot house;" from wheel (n.) + house (n.). Baseball slang sense of "a hitter's power zone" attested by 1990.
雙語例句
1. He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.
他急速打著舵輪，把我們搞得搖來晃去的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.
輪子一邊轉(zhuǎn)動，制陶工人一邊拉坯。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Catlett got behind the wheel and I sat in back.
卡特利特開車，我坐在車子后面。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.
未經(jīng)許可停放的車輛將會被輪夾鎖住或拖走。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.