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| wheel n | (round object, turns) | roda sf |
| | The wheel beside the mill was turning. |
| | Use the mouse wheel to scroll down. |
| | A roda ao lado do moinho estava girando. |
| wheel n | (cylinder: of cheese) (inteiro) | queijo sm |
| | The shopkeeper cut the wheel of Edam into wedges. |
| | O lojista cortou o queijo de Edam em fatias. |
| wheels npl | slang (car, transportation) | possante sm |
| | | carro sm |
| | The teenager couldn't wait to get her own wheels. |
| | A adolescente mal podia esperar para pegar seu possante. |
| wheel⇒ vi | (turn on axis) | girar v int |
| | | dar voltas expres v |
| | The Earth wheels about its axis. |
| | A Terra gira em torno de seu eixo. |
| wheel vi | (turn around) | virar-se v int |
| | | virar de costas expres v |
| | The teacher wheeled on her heel and glared at the chattering students. |
| wheel [sth]⇒ vtr | (push [sth] on wheels) (sobre rodas) | levar vt |
| | Steve wheeled the pushchair along the pavement. |
| | Steve levou o carrinho ao longo da calçada. |
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asleep at the wheel,
also US: asleep at the switch adj | informal, figurative (not paying attention) (informal) | dormir no ponto expres |
| | I'm sorry; I should have understood what you wanted. I was asleep at the wheel. |
| at the wheel expr | (driving) | ao volante loc adv |
| | Ernest was at the wheel when a pine tree fell across the road. |
| at the wheel expr | figurative (in charge) (figurado) | ao volante loc adv |
| | | no comando loc adv |
| behind the wheel expr | (driving, in control of a vehicle) (dirigir) | na direção loc adv |
| | The car crashed because the man behind the wheel was drunk. |
| big wheel n | UK (fairground Ferris wheel) | roda-gigante sf |
| big wheel n | US, informal ([sb] important or powerful) (informal, figurado, alguém importante) | figurão sm |
| castor wheel n | (roller underneath furniture) (roda giratória embaixo de mobília, malas) | rodinha sf |
| | My sofa is easy to move as it has castor wheels. |
cog in the wheel,
cog in the machine n | figurative (small part of a large system) (pequena parte de sistema grande) | peça no sistema loc sf |
| | | peça na engrenagem loc sf |
| | He's just a cog in the wheel, not a leader. |
color wheel (US),
colour wheel (UK) n | (chart showing color relationships) | círculo cromático |
| escape wheel n | (moving part of a timepiece) | engrenagem sf |
| | An escape wheel in a clock controls the speed of the hands. |
| Ferris wheel n | (wheel at a fairground) | roda-gigante sf |
| | The London Eye is one of the world's tallest Ferris wheels. You have a terrific view from the top of a Ferris wheel. |
| | A London Eye é uma das maiores rodas-gigantes do mundo. Você tem uma vista incrível de cima dessa roda-gigante. |
| flywheel n | (rotating wheel in a machine) | volante sm |
| | Flywheels are used in some machines to regulate the speed of operation or store kinetic energy. |
| four-wheel n as adj | (having four wheels) | de quatro rodas loc adj |
| four-wheel n as adj | (powered by four wheels) | movido a quatro rodas expres |
| four-wheel drive n | (vehicle: SUV) | tração nas quatro rodas |
| | Drivers in rural areas need a four-wheel drive to cope with winter conditions. |
| four-wheel drive n as adj | (vehicle: of SUV type) | de tração nas quatro rodas loc adj |
| front-wheel drive n | (car: power to front wheels only) (carro: onde motor ativa as rodas dianteiras) | tração dianteira loc sf |
| | Her new car's got front-wheel drive; it's a lot better on slippery roads than her old one was. |
| nose wheel n | (part of a plane's undercarriage) (aeronave) | trem de pouso dianteiro loc sm |
pinwheel,
Catherine wheel n | (firework) (fogo de artifício) | rodinha sf dim |
| | The children were excited by the pinwheels in the fireworks show. |
pizza wheel,
pizza cutter n | (tool for cutting pizza) | cortador de pizza sm |
rotifer,
wheel animalcule n | (tiny aquatic animal) | rotífero sm |
| ship's wheel n | (helm: steering wheel of a sailing vessel) (navegação) | leme sm |
| | | timão sm |
| spinning wheel n | (device for spinning fibre into yarn) (dispositivo que transforma fibras em fios) | roca sf |
| | | tear sm |
| | As a child I had a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool. |
| steering wheel n | (control wheel of a vehicle) (volante de controle de um veículo) | volante sm |
| | A driver should not need to take their hands off the steering wheel to turn on the indicator. |
| take the wheel v expr | (drive a vehicle) (pegar o volante) | dirigir vt |
| third wheel n | (odd person out among three people) (inf., acompanhar (como terceira pessoa) casal) | vela sf |
waterwheel,
water wheel n | (wheel powered by water) | roda d'água loc sf |
| | In early cotton mills a waterwheel was often used to generate electricity. |
| wheel alignment n | (vehicle maintenance) (carro) | alinhamento sm |
| wheel balancing n | (vehicle maintenance) (carro) | balanceamento sm |
wheel [sth] out,
wheel out [sth] vtr + adv | (bring into view) | apresentar vt |