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a spoke on [a/the] wheel
spoke 作名词指轮辐，是可数名词，复数形式是 spokes。
There's a loose spoke on the front wheel.
前轮上有一根辐条松了。
轮辐
spokes — plural of spoke
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
轮辐
a radial support in a wheel connecting the hub to the rim
There's a loose spoke on the front wheel.
前轮上有一根辐条松了。
连接车轮车轴或轮毂与轮辋的支撑结构。
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
方向盘的突出手柄。
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
梯子的横档。
A rung of a ladder.
插入车轮中使车轮停止转动的木棒。
A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
One of the spokes on the wagon wheel was cracked.
马车轮子上有一根辐条裂了。
A snapped spoke can make a bike wheel unsafe to ride.
一根断裂的辐条会让自行车车轮骑起来不安全。
He tightened the loose spoke with a small wrench.
他用一把小扳手拧紧了那根松动的辐条。
spoke 作名词指轮辐，是可数名词，复数形式是 spokes。
There's a loose spoke on the front wheel.
前轮上有一根辐条松了。
spoke 是 speak 的过去式；接人用 to/with，接话题用 about。
I spoke to my teacher about the plan.
我和老师谈了谈这个计划。
Not this
I have spoke to him.
Use this
I have spoken to him.
现在完成时态中，speak 的过去分词是 spoken，不能用过去式 spoke。
Not this
He spoked to me yesterday.
Use this
He spoke to me yesterday.
speak 是不规则动词，过去式为 spoke，不能按规则动词加 -ed 变成 spoked。
Not this
A wheel has several spoke.
Use this
A wheel has several spokes.
spoke 表示“轮辐”时是可数名词，复数形式为 spokes，不能省略 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
车轮辐条
One of the wheel spokes was bent in the accident.
事故中有一根车轮辐条弯了。
断裂的辐条
A broken spoke can make the wheel unsafe to ride.
断裂的辐条会使车轮骑行起来不安全。
辐条扳手
Use a spoke wrench to adjust the spokes.
用辐条扳手调整辐条。
拧紧辐条
You should tighten the spokes if the wheel wobbles.
如果车轮晃动，你应该拧紧辐条。
更换辐条
I need to replace a spoke on my front wheel.
我需要更换前轮上的一根辐条。
阻挠某人的计划；从中作梗
The new regulations really put a spoke in our wheel.
新规定真是阻挠了我们的计划。
话说得太早；言之过早
I think I spoke too soon about the weather.
我觉得我刚才说天气说得太早了。
充分说明；意义重大
Her silence spoke volumes about her disappointment.
她的沉默充分说明了她的失望。
这句歌词出自大卫·鲍伊（David Bowie）的经典歌曲《The Man Who Sold the World》，描写一场真假难辨的重逢。句中 spoke 是 speak 的过去式，意为“说话、交谈”。
She spoke to me in a gentle voice.
她用温柔的声音对我说话。
Use spokes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：spoke是speak的过去式，像“说过的话”；车轮的轮辐也是一根根从中心“说”向边缘的线。
语域：neutral 常见场景：bike shop、wheel assembly、technical manual spoke 指车轮辐条时是中性常用词，日常口语和书面描述均可用，多用于自行车维修、车轮制造或机械说明等场合。
All listed words rhyme with spoke: they share the stressed vowel and following consonant /əʊk/, so the -oke words (broke, smoke, joke, woke, stroke) also share the spelling chunk -oke. Oak has the same sound but a different spelling chunk, so its part field is empty. Beware lookalikes with -ook, such as spook /spuːk/, which sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.