| 成句・複合語： |
| 英語 | 日本語 |
asleep at the wheel,
also US: asleep at the switch adj | informal, figurative (not paying attention) | ぼんやりする 自動
HHiraganaぼんやりする |
気が散る 表
HHiraganaきがちる |
注意散漫な 形
HHiraganaちゅういさんまんな |
| I'm sorry; I should have understood what you wanted. I was asleep at the wheel. |
| at the wheel expr | (driving) | 運転して 連用句
HHiraganaうんてんして |
| Ernest was at the wheel when a pine tree fell across the road. |
| at the wheel expr | figurative (in charge) | 管理して、支配して 連用句
HHiraganaかんりして、しはいして |
| balance n | (timepiece: balance wheel) (時計の) | てん輪 名
HHiraganaてんわ |
| behind the wheel expr | (driving, in control of a vehicle) | 運転している テイル形
HHiraganaうんてんしている |
ハンドルを握る 動詞句
HHiraganaはんどるをにぎる |
| big wheel n | UK (fairground Ferris wheel) | 観覧車 名
HHiraganaかんらんしゃ |
| big wheel n | US, informal ([sb] important or powerful) | 権力者、有力者 名
HHiraganaけんりょくしゃ、ゆうりょくしゃ |
| castor wheel n | (roller underneath furniture) (家具などに付いている) | キャスター、車輪 名
HHiraganaきゃすたー、しゃりん |
| 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) (大きな組織の中の) | 一員 名
HHiraganaいちいん |
| He's just a cog in the wheel, not a leader. |
| escape wheel n | (moving part of a timepiece) | がんぎ車 名
HHiraganaがんぎしゃ |
| An escape wheel in a clock controls the speed of the hands. |
| Ferris wheel n | (wheel at a fairground) | 観覧車 名
HHiraganaかんらんしゃ |
| The London Eye is one of the world's tallest Ferris wheels. |
| You have a terrific view from the top of a Ferris wheel. |
| flywheel n | (rotating wheel in a machine) (機械) | フライホイール、弾み車 名
HHiraganaふらいほいーる、はずみぐるま |
| Flywheels are used in some machines to regulate the speed of operation or store kinetic energy. |
| four-wheel n as adj | (having four wheels) | 4輪の 連体句
HHiraganaよんりんの |
| four-wheel n as adj | (powered by four wheels) | 4輪駆動の、4駆の 連体句
HHiraganaよんりんくどうの、よんくの |
| four-wheel drive n | (vehicle: SUV) | 4輪駆動車 名
HHiraganaよんりんくどうしゃ |
| Drivers in rural areas need a four-wheel drive to cope with winter conditions. |
| four-wheel drive n as adj | (vehicle: of SUV type) | 4輪駆動の 連体句
HHiraganaよんりんくどうの |
| front-wheel drive n | (car: power to front wheels only) (車) | 前輪駆動 名
HHiraganaぜんりんくどう |
| Her new car's got front-wheel drive; it's a lot better on slippery roads than her old one was. |
| measuring wheel n | (device for calculating length) | 車輪測定 名
HHiraganaしゃりんそくてい |
| nose wheel n | (part of a plane's undercarriage) (航空機) | 前輪 名
HHiraganaぜんりん |
| paddle wheel n | (wheel that propels a paddle boat) | パドルボートの舵［ハンドル］ 名
HHiraganaぱどるぼーとのかじ［はんどる］ |
| ship's wheel n | (helm: steering wheel of a sailing vessel) | 舵 名
HHiraganaかじ |
| spinning wheel n | (device for spinning fibre into yarn) | 糸車、糸つむぎ機 名
HHiraganaいとぐるま、いとつむぎき |
| As a child I had a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool. |
| steering wheel n | (control wheel of a vehicle) (自動車) | ハンドル 名
HHiraganaはんどる |
| 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) | 運転する 自動
HHiraganaうんてんする |
| third wheel n | (odd person out among three people) | お邪魔虫、邪魔者 名
HHiraganaおじゃまむし、じゃまもの |
足手まとい、役立たず 名
HHiraganaあしでまとい、やくたたず |
waterwheel,
water wheel n | (wheel powered by water) | 水車 名
HHiraganaすいしゃ |
| In early cotton mills a waterwheel was often used to generate electricity. |
