to make a high, rough noise while breathing because of some breathing difficulty

I could hear the old man behind me wheezing. 我能听到身后的老人呼哧呼哧的喘气声。

I know when I've been smoking too much because I start to wheeze when I run for a train. 我知道自己烟抽得太多了，因为我在跑着赶火车时开始呼哧呼哧地喘。

a high, rough noise made when someone cannot breathe easily

The cough, wheeze, and shortness of breath are things that go with smoking, not with age. 咳嗽、气喘和气短不是因为上了年纪，而是因为吸烟引起的。

a clever and often unusual idea or plan, especially one that is intended to achieve a profit or some other advantage

As a part of their latest marketing wheeze they're giving away tickets for the concert. 作为最新营销策略的一部分，他们在免费赠送音乐会的票。

So the public actually pay to feed the animals in the zoo? That seems like a good wheeze. 那么人们实际上是花钱来喂动物园里的动物？这听起来像个好主意。

I've had a wheeze - why don't we put both kids in the small room and that will leave the back room free. 我有个主意——为什么不把两个孩子放在那间小一点的屋子里，这样后边的屋子就可以空出来了。