Tra từ wire - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wire [wire wires wired wiring] noun, verb BrE [ˈwaɪə(r)] NAmE [ˈwaɪər]
noun
1. uncountable, countable metal in the form of thin thread; a piece of this
•a coil of copper wire
•a wire basket
• The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
see also ↑barbed wire, ↑high wire, ↑tripwire
2. countable, uncountable a piece of wire that is used to carry an electric current or signal
•overhead wires
•fuse wire
• The telephone wires had been cut.
see also ↑hot-wire
3. the wiresingular a wire fence
• Three prisoners escaped by crawling under the wire.
4. countable (informal, especially NAmE) = ↑telegram
•We sent a wire asking him to join us.
see also ↑wiry
more at a live wire at ↑live ², pull wires (for sb) at ↑pull _v.

Word Origin:
Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.

Example Bank:
•Behind the wire, the prisoners were exercising.
•Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
•Don't place carpets over electrical wires.
•Don't touch that wire. It's live.
•He disconnected the wire from the clock.
•I found myself tripping over a tangle of wires and cables.
•One man rode a bicycle along the high wire as the climax to the act.
•Surely the wires shouldn't show like that?
•The electrician ran a wire from the kitchen to the bedroom.
•The wire was attached to a pin in the plug.
•The wire was stretched between two poles.
•There were wires trailing everywhere.
•They cut the perimeter wire and escaped.
•Watch out for bare wires.
•We got in under the wire.
•Where does this wire go?
•a fence topped with razor wire
•coils of barbed wire
•overhead electricity wires
•the flow of electrical current down a wire
•wire coat hangers
•a spider's web of unsightly overhead wires
•a wire rack/basket
Idioms: ↑get your wires crossed ▪ go/come down to the wire

verb
1. ~ sth (up) to connect a building, piece of equipment, etc. to an electricity supply using wires
•Make sure the plug is wired up correctly.
2. ~ sb/sth up (to sth) | ~ sb/sth to sth to connect sb/sth to a piece of equipment, especially a ↑tape recorder or computer system
•He was wired up to a police tape recorder.
•The microphone was wired to a loudspeaker.
3. ~ sth (for sth) to put a special device somewhere in order to listen secretly to other people's conversations
Syn: ↑bug
•The room had been wired for sound.
4. (especially NAmE)to send sb a message by ↑telegram
•~ sth (to sb) He wired the news to us.
•~ sb (sth) He wired us the news.
5. to send money from one bank to another using an electronic system
•~ sth (to sb) The bank wired the money to her.
•~ sb sth The bank wired her the money.
6. ~ sth to join things together using wire
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.

Example Bank:
•Many homes were wired for lighting only.
•She was wired up to a heart monitor.
•The Christmas tree lights are all wired to one plug.
•The components have to be wired together in a certain way.
•We're genetically wired to love sugar.
•You should check that the socket is correctly wired.