英 [ˌbɪɡ ˈwiːl] 美 [ˌbɪɡ ˈwiːl]
大摩天轮：指游乐园中的一种大型垂直轮子，座位在轮子转动时保持水平。
big wheel //
可数名词 A big wheel is a very large upright wheel with cars around the edge of it which people can ride in. Big wheels are often found at amusement parks or carnivals. 摩天轮
an important influential person
同义词： big shot / big gun / big cheese / big deal / big enchilada / big fish / head honcho
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参考来源转盘式双卷筒卷取机结构设计与计算
带着孩子爬进摩天轮(Big Wheel)这主意也值得一试，在上面可以俯览美丽的巴黎全貌，景色蔚为壮观。
这位来自不列颠哥伦比亚省的旅馆老板有一个绰号“大车轮（BIG WHEEL）”,这得名于他的旅——为Big Wheel Burgers。在八次进入WSOP钱圈之后，他第一次进入最终桌就获得冠军。
This is a big wheel.
这是一个大的轮子。
It's a big wheel.
这是一个大车轮。
What a big wheel!
好大的车轮呀！
A big wheel may be the head of a company, a political leader, a famous movie star.
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They said a person rolled a big wheel if he was important and had influence.
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You spin this big wheel and it rotates for a while and then it stops at one number, but obviously a random number, because this wheel of fortune had all the numbers from zero to one hundred.
你转动那个大轮盘,它会旋转一会儿,最后停在一个数字上,显然是一个随机数,因为幸运轮盘可以指向,0到100的的任何数
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As in many machines, a big wheel makes the little wheels turn.
VOA : special.2009.11.29
Imagine you were a big wheel down at the cracker factory before the recession hit.
The council is due to consider an application to extend the popular Big Wheel's stay in Belfast.
And understand that you, however, are a small cog in a big wheel.