hot-wire
verb🔊/ˈhɒt waɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪər/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hot-wire | 🔊/ˈhɒt waɪə(r)/ 🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪər/ |
| he / she / it hot-wires | 🔊/ˈhɒt waɪəz/ 🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪərz/ |
| past simple hot-wired | 🔊/ˈhɒt waɪəd/ 🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪərd/ |
| past participle hot-wired | 🔊/ˈhɒt waɪəd/ 🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪərd/ |
| -ing form hot-wiring | 🔊/ˈhɒt waɪərɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈhɑːt waɪərɪŋ/ |
- hot-wire something
to start the engine of a vehicle by using a piece of wire instead of a key, usually in order to steal the vehicle 热线发动，短路点火（不用钥匙而用电线短路方法发动汽车） He hot-wired a truck and drove it through a prison fence. 他给卡车热线接线，并将其驶过监狱围栏。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHot-wire is used with these nouns as the object:- car