wire

1.wire统指“金属线”，a wire是“一根或一段金属线”，wires是“多根或多段金属线”。

2.wire用作“电报”解，后面可以接不定式。例如：He got a wire to come home. （他接到一个电报，叫他回家去。）

3.His father wired (for) him to come home里的for可有可无。

4.wire（动词）后面可以接以that引导的从句。例如：He wired that he had quite recovered.