| 词汇 | example_english_square-wheel |
| 释义 | square wheelcollocation in Englishmeanings of squareand wheelThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with wheel. square adjective uk /skweər/ us /skwer/ having the shape of ... See more at square wheel noun uk /wiːl/ us /wiːl/ a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of ... See more at wheel Examples of square wheelThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A squarewheel can roll smoothly if the ground consists of evenly shaped inverted catenaries of the right size and curvature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Somebody objected that a car cannot move with square wheels. One such example is the removal of all of the patterned body skirts, combined with the replacement of the squarewheel arches with non-patterned round ones. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I hope that it will have round wheels and not square wheels, and that it will go forward with acclamation and success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help observing, in this context, that a scheme of devolution with square wheels might actually have certain advantages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose it is slightly better than a coach with square wheels, but that was the forefront of my case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not work, not because of want of popular support, but simply because, to use a phrase, it has got square wheels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are there square wheels on the coaches? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While literal square wheels exist, a more common use is as a metaphor meaning stereotypically bad or nave engineering (see reinventing the wheel). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This has square wheels, linked together and offset by 22.5, rolling on a flat surface. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of square Go to the definition of wheel See other collocations with wheel |
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