wheel

wheel
[wi:l] 1. noun
1) (a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground: A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.) kolo
2) (any of several things similar in shape and action: a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.) kolovrat; volan
2. verb
1) (to cause to move on wheels: He wheeled his bicycle along the path.) voziti
2) (to (cause to) turn quickly: He wheeled round and slapped me.) naglo (se) obrniti
3) ((of birds) to fly in circles.) krožiti
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- -wheeled
- wheelbarrow
- wheelchair
- wheelhouse
- wheelwright
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I [wi:l]
noun
kolo; krmarsko kolo (tudi figuratively); volan; kolo sreče; American colloquially bicikel; history kolo za mučenje; kolovrat; figuratively gibalna, vodilna sila; obračanje, obrat, krog, vrtenje; military obrat; figuratively preobrat; plural kolesje, gonilo, mehanizem (tudi figuratively), music refren, pripev; American slang dolar
on wheels — na kolesih, z vozilom, figuratively kot namazano, hitro, brez trenja
wheels within wheels — zelo zapletena aparatura (mehanizem), figuratively komplikacija za komplikacijo, zapletena stvar, položaj
wheel and axle — naprava za izkoriščanje sile vzvoda, na podlagi razlike v obsegu kolesa in njegove osi
a big wheel American colloquially figuratively visoka živina, vplivna oseba
Fortune's wheel, the wheel of Fortune — kolo sreče; usoda
a fly on the wheel figuratively oseba, ki precenjuje svoj vpliv
a sudden turn of the wheel — nenaden obrat v sreči
the man at the wheel — oseba pri krmilu; vozač, voznik, šofer
to break a (butter)fly (up) on the wheel figuratively po nepotrebnem poseči po ostrih ukrepih, s topovi streljati na vrabce
to break s.o. on the wheel history mučiti koga na kolesu
to go on wheels figuratively iti kot po maslu (gladko, brez motenj)
he was killed at the wheel — izgubil je življenje za volanom
to put ( —ali to set) one's shoulder to the wheel — truditi se, napenjati se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel figuratively delati komu zapreke, metati komu polena pod noge
to take the wheel — sesti za volan, voziti, šofirati
to turn wheels — vrteti kolesa (pri parterni telovadbi)
II [wi:l]
transitive verb
obrniti, obračati okoli osi; vrteti v krogu; valiti, valjati; opremiti s kolesi; voziti (a wheel chair stol na kolesih); kotaliti, prevažati na kolesih
to wheel in a barrow — voziti v samokolnici
to wheel a victim history treti žrtev na kolesu; intransitive verb naglo se obrniti (round okoli)
to wheel on an axis — vrteti se okoli osi
to wheel about in one's opinion — spremeniti svoje mnenje
to wheel about to the other extreme — zapasti v drugo skrajnost

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