wheel

roue

Pièce ronde qui tourne pour faire avancer un véhicule ou fonctionner une machine.

En anglais simple : A round part that turns to help a vehicle move or a machine work.

• The bike has a broken wheel.
• All four wheels need new tyres.
• A small wheel turns inside the machine.

Expressions courantes : front wheel, bicycle wheel, wheel of something

volant

Pièce ronde que l’on tourne pour diriger une voiture ou un autre véhicule.

En anglais simple : The round part you turn to control the direction of a car or other vehicle.

• Keep both hands on the wheel.
• She spent six hours behind the wheel.
• He fell asleep at the wheel.

Synonymes : steering wheel

Expressions courantes : steering wheel, at the wheel, behind the wheel

cycle

Suite d’événements qui se répètent sans cesse.

En anglais simple : A series of events that keeps repeating, like a circle with no end.

• The wheel of life keeps turning.
• The wheel of fortune turned against the king.
• She saw history as an endless wheel.

Synonymes : cycle

Expressions courantes : wheel of life, wheel of fortune

transporter sur roulettes

Déplacer quelqu’un ou quelque chose à l’aide d’un fauteuil, d’un lit ou d’un chariot à roulettes.

En anglais simple : To move someone or something using a chair, bed, cart, or other equipment with round turning parts.

• The nurse wheeled him outside.
• We wheeled our luggage through the airport.
• Can you wheel this bed into the ward?

Comment l'utiliser : wheel someone/something into/out of somewhere (They wheeled the patient into the room.)

Expressions courantes : wheel someone inside, wheel something away, wheel someone into

voler en cercles

Se déplacer en décrivant de grands cercles, surtout en volant.

En anglais simple : To move in large circles, especially while flying.

• Gulls wheel above the boats.
• An eagle wheeled high in the sky.
• The birds were wheeling over the cliffs.

Synonymes : circle

Expressions courantes : wheel overhead, wheel above something, wheel in circles

faire rouler, rouler

Avancer sur des roues ou pousser quelque chose pour le déplacer ainsi.

En anglais simple : To move along on round turning parts, or push something so it moves this way.

• Wheel the cart over here.
• He wheeled his bike home.
• The suitcase wheeled smoothly along the path.

Comment l'utiliser : wheel something to somewhere (She wheeled her bike to the garage.)

Synonymes : roll

Expressions courantes : wheel something over, wheel along, wheel something home

tourner

Faire décrire un cercle à un objet ou à une partie du corps.

En anglais simple : To move a body part or object in a circle.

• His arms wheeled in the air.
• She wheeled one arm to signal the boat.
• The blades wheeled slowly in the wind.

Synonymes : rotate

Expressions courantes : wheel around, wheel in circles