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
• 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.
• （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.
• 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
• 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

• Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
  好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。
• A wick connects it to a reservoir.
  一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
• It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
  这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
• 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。
• In another embodiment, the shell of the device includes flexible graphite and an optional wick structure.
  在另一实施方案中，该装置的罩壳包括柔性石墨和任选的芯体结构。
• 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。
• Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
  38灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘也是要精金的。
• You have not yet dipped your wick.
  老二还没派上用场。
• 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。
• Each lamp held a saucer filled with oil and water and a floating wick, and was suspended from the ceiling by means of long metal chains.
  每一只灯有一个装满了灯油和水的浅碟和一个漂浮的灯芯，用长长的金属链从天花板垂下。