Wheel是轮子的意思。轮子是在很久以前就发明的,现在都没有人记得到底是谁发明了轮子。可是,轮子的发明对人类做出了非常大的贡献。要是世界上没有轮子,那我们就不可能有马车、汽车、火车和飞机,也不可能有发电机。实际上,没有轮子世界上大部份的机器都可能消失。我们很难想象要是没有轮子,人们的生活将成什么样。我们今天再来给大家介绍两个由 wheel 这个字组成的俗语。第一个我们要讲的就是和汽车有关的: set of wheels。
Set这个字的意思就是:一组或一套。大家都知道,一辆普通的小汽车有四个轮子,因此,有的人就把汽车叫做:set of wheels。下面是一个人刚买了一辆汽车回家,非常骄傲地想显示一下。他对他的朋友说:
例句-1: "Hey Pete, come on over and take a look at my new set of wheels. Fire-engine red, real leather upholstery -- I tell you, the girls will go crazy over it!"
例句-2: "I'm too old to worry about impressing the girls. All I want is a cheap set of wheels I can count on to get me to work every day and that doesn't cost a lot to keep running."
例句-3: "Joe got fired from that big company because they thought he was too much of a free-wheeler: he wouldn't fit into the system. Now he's working as a used-car salesman."
例句-4: "Other Congressmen call Mr. Blank a free-wheeler because he doesn't always vote the way the party wants. But in our district we like a man who votes his honest convictions."