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wick

英 [wɪk]

美 [wɪk]

n.  烛芯; 灯芯

复数:wicks 

GRETEM8

BNC.19612 / COCA.17490

习惯用语

    n.

      get on sb's wick
    • 激怒(某人);招惹(某人)
      to annoy sb

    牛津词典

      noun

      • 烛芯
        the piece of string in the centre of a candle which you light so that the candle burns
        1. 灯芯
          the piece of material in an oil lamp which absorbs the oil and which you light so that the lamp burns

          柯林斯词典

          • 蜡烛芯
            Thewickof a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit.
            1. (煤油灯的)灯芯;(打火机的)棉芯
              Thewickof a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it is lit.
              1. PHRASE 惹怒;激怒
                If you say that someone or somethinggets onyourwick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
                1. The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
                  教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。

              英英释义

              noun

              • a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
                  Synonym:taper
                1. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
                  1. the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it

                双语例句

                • A wick connects it to a reservoir.
                  一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
                • A lamp burns and has neither wick nor oil.
                  一盏灯烧了起来却没有灯芯也没有灯油。
                • The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
                  教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
                • The equipment required consists of two mercury thermometers, and one cloth wick.
                  所需设备包括两个水银温度计和一个布条。
                • The keeper's essential task was trimming the lantern wick in order to maintain a steady, bright flame.
                  守塔人的基本工作就是修剪灯芯,以便火焰明亮而稳定。
                • And its outside fabric is made of cotton, chemical fibre or blended velveteen, wick, khaki or knitted fabric because of durability and being easily washed.
                  外衣面料则选耐磨、结实、易洗的纯棉、化纤或混纺的平绒、灯芯、卡其或针织物。
                • Like thousands of Candle burning, faint flame ablation in Zhu Lei, the failure to burn the wick to stay is not seen signs of incurable trauma.
                  像燃烧了千年的红烛,微弱的火光消融在烛泪中,未能燃尽的灯芯留的是不见痕迹、无法治愈的创伤。
                • They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
                  用精金做灯台的七个灯盏,并灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘。
                • We visited a whole host of places between wick and thurso.
                  我们访问了威克和瑟索之间的许多地方。
                • A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
                  压伤的芦苇他不折断将残的灯火他不吹灭。