string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

名詞 wire:

1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
   同義詞：conducting wire
3. the finishing line on a racetrack
4. a message transmitted by telegraph
   同義詞：telegram

動詞 wire:

1. provide with electrical circuits
2. send cables, wires, or telegrams
   同義詞：cable, telegraph
3. fasten with wire
4. string on a wire
5. equip for use with electricity
   同義詞：electrify

1. The fabric was displayed on a wired stand.
   那種織物陳列在金屬制的架子上。
2. As soon as the equipment is wired up, you can use it.
   這個設(shè)備一接通電源你就能用了。
3. The two pieces of wood were wired together.
   這兩塊木頭已用金屬絲捆在一起了。
4. The rope was not strong enough, so we used wire.
   這根繩子不夠結(jié)實，所以我們用金屬線。

wire

n.（名詞）
A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
金屬絲，金屬線：有各種長度和直徑的通常易彎的金屬制的線或條，有時有包層、通常絕緣，主要用于結(jié)構(gòu)上的支撐或輸送電流
A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
電纜，電線：綁在一起或繞在一塊作為一個功能單位的一組金屬線；電纜
Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.
金屬線狀物：如在細(xì)或堅韌方面象金屬線的東西，金屬絲狀物
An open telephone connection.
公開的電話線
Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person`s body or in a building.
【俚語】 隱形話筒，竊聽器：如放在人身體上或建筑物上的不讓外人看到的麥克風(fēng)

A telegraph service.
電報服務(wù)
A telegram or cablegram.
電報或海底電報
Computer Science A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
【計算機(jī)科學(xué)】 撞針：計算機(jī)打印機(jī)的印刷頭上的撞針
The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
造紙網(wǎng)：造紙機(jī)上形成紙張的屏障
Sports The finish line of a racetrack.
【體育運(yùn)動】 終點(diǎn)線：賽跑場上的終點(diǎn)線
wires
wires
The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.
牽線：木偶表演中用于操縱木偶的一套線
Hidden controlling influences.
幕后操縱的勢力
Slang A pickpocket.
【俚語】 扒手
Fencing made of usually barbed wire.
金屬柵欄：通常用裝有倒鉤的金屬線做成的籬笆
v.（動詞）
wired,wir.ing,wires
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
用金屬線捆扎、聯(lián)結(jié)或加固
To string (beads, for example) on wire.
用金屬線串成：在金屬線上串上（如珠子等）
To equip with a system of electrical wires.
裝設(shè)電線
Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
【俚語】 安裝竊聽裝置：在（如屋子）里安裝電子竊聽裝置
To send by telegraph:
用電報傳送：
例句：
wired her congratulations.
向她致電祝賀

To send a telegram to.
給…打電報
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To send a telegram.
打電報

<習(xí)慣用語>down to the wire【非正式用語】
To the very end, as in a race or contest.
堅持到最后：如賽跑或比賽中到最后一刻，最終
under the wire
Sports At the finish line.
【體育運(yùn)動】 在終點(diǎn)線處
Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
【非正式用語】 及時；在最后一刻
來源：
Middle English [slender metal rod]
中古英語 [細(xì)長的金屬線]
from Old English wor * see wei-
源自 古英語 wor *參見 wei-

【引伸】
wir.able
adj.（形容詞）