| Sammansatta former: |
| Engelska | Svenska |
asleep at the wheel,
also US: asleep at the switch adj | informal, figurative (not paying attention) | distraherad adj |
| (bildlig) | sovandes vid ratten adj |
| I'm sorry; I should have understood what you wanted. I was asleep at the wheel. |
| behind the wheel expr | (driving, in control of a vehicle) | bakom ratten uttr |
| The car crashed because the man behind the wheel was drunk. |
| big wheel n | UK (fairground Ferris wheel) | pariserhjul s |
| big wheel n | US, informal ([sb] important or powerful) | toppfigur s |
| storpamp s |
| Ferris wheel n | (wheel at a fairground) | pariserhjul s |
| 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) (specifik) | svänghjul s |
| (generell) | roterande hjul adj + s |
| Flywheels are used in some machines to regulate the speed of operation or store kinetic energy. |
| four-wheel drive n | (vehicle: SUV) | fyrhjulsdrivet fordon adj + s |
| fyrhjulsdrift s |
| Drivers in rural areas need a four-wheel drive to cope with winter conditions. |
| four-wheel drive n as adj | (vehicle: of SUV type) | fyrhjulsdriven adj |
| (förled) | jeep- adj |
pinwheel,
Catherine wheel n | (firework) (fyrverkeri) | sol, snurra s |
| The children were excited by the pinwheels in the fireworks show. |
| reinvent the wheel v expr | figurative (create [sth] that already exists) (bildlig) | upptäcka hjulet igen vbal uttr |
| komma med gamla idéer vbal uttr |
| scroll wheel n | (part of computer mouse) | scrollhjul s |
| mushjul s |
| spinning wheel n | (device for spinning fibre into yarn) | spinnrock s |
| As a child I had a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool. |
| steering wheel n | (control wheel of a vehicle) | ratt s |
| 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) | ta ratten vtr + s |
| (främst bildlig) | ta rodret vtr + s |
| köra vtr |
waterwheel,
water wheel n | (wheel powered by water) | vattenhjul s |
| In early cotton mills a waterwheel was often used to generate electricity. |
