n (1)卷軸(盤，卷)(round wheel-shaped object of wood，metal，etc on which thread，film，fishing-lines can be wound)[C]：an aerial～ 天線軸;a cable/cotton～電纜/棉紗軸;a fishing/film～(釣魚桿上的)繞線軸/膠片卷軸;
(2)一軸(盤、卷)(a mount of sth that a reel can hold)[C]：a six-～film 一部有六盤膠片長的影片;a film in ten～s 一部有10盤膠片長的影片;I used two～s of silk to make the dress. 我用了兩軸絲線做那套衣服。
vt 在卷軸上纏繞;從卷軸上放出(線)(wind or draw with a reel)[T+n+adv(out/in)]：～the wire/the cable/the hose out/in 把電線/電纜/水龍軟管放出去/纏起來;～up/in a large fish 收繞釣絲釣起一條大魚;
reel off(v adv)一口氣報(bào)(說)出(vt)：He～ed off the names of all the capitals of Europe without thinking. 他不加思索地說出了歐洲所有國家的首都。