wheel-house

  • (船只的)操舵室
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wheel-house (n.)
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.
1. He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.
他急速打着舵轮,把我们搞得摇来晃去的。

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2. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.
轮子一边转动,制陶工人一边拉坯。

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3. Catlett got behind the wheel and I sat in back.
卡特利特开车,我坐在车子后面。

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4. Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.
未经许可停放的车辆将会被轮夹锁住或拖走。

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5. The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。

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