tyre

来自 tire 拼写变体。

tyre

tyre: [15] The word tyre was originally used for a protective covering of metal plates put round the rim of a wooden wheel. It is thought that it was short for attire [13] (a borrowing from Old French, but ultimately of unknown origin), the notion being of ‘attiring’ the wheels in their covering. At first the word was spelled tire or tyre indiscriminately. By the 18th century tire had become the standard form, and it remains so in American English, but when rubber wheel cushions were introduced in the 19th century, British English took to spelling them tyre.
=> attire

tyre (n.)

variant spelling of tire (n.), chiefly British English.

1. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.

除了给轮胎充气外，我没做过任何汽车保养。

2. His car rolled over after a tyre was punctured.

一只轮胎被扎破后，他的车翻了个底朝天。

3. A lorry blew a tyre and careered into them.

一辆货车爆胎了，向他们猛撞了过去。

4. His back tyre just went pop on a motorway.

他的后胎在高速公路上砰的一声爆了。

5. The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat.

这种轮胎保证永远不会被扎破或撒气。