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| Inglês | Português |
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 |
