spare tyre
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌspare ˈtyre British English, spare tire American English noun [countable] 1. TTCan additional wheel with a tyre on it, that you keep in a car to use if another tyre gets damaged 备用轮胎2. FATthe fat around someone’s waist – used humorously 腰间赘肉，肥胖的腰 〔幽默用法〕
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spare tyre• Thank goodness for my spare tyre, I can afford to lose a bit of that.• If only he took as much exercise as I did he wouldn't have that spare tyre, I thought unsympathetically.• Their companion, in his 20s, had an old, noisy van with a smiling face logo on the spare tyre.ˌspare ˈtyre nounChineseSyllable
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spare tyre
ˌspare ˈtyre
British English, spare tire American English noun [countable]
1. an additional wheel with a tyre on it, that you keep in a car to use if another tyre gets damaged
2. the fat around someone’s waist – used humorously
ˌspare ˈtyre
British English, spare tire American English noun [countable]1. an additional wheel with a tyre on it, that you keep in a car to use if another tyre gets damaged
2. the fat around someone’s waist – used humorously