A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands.
钢丝绳，钢索
a pair of parallel steel wire ropes
mass nounthe bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze
Example sentencesExamples
The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.
‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
Definition of wire rope in US English:
wire rope
noun
A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands; cable.
钢丝绳，钢索
a pair of parallel steel wire ropes
mass nounthe bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze
Example sentencesExamples
‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.