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

• He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
  他知道，所有这些感觉会因为身体的解体而变得安静，就像是一盏灯的火焰，当油和灯芯拔出去时就熄灭了。
• With the increasing demand for the cooling of electronic chips, the micro heat pipe with the sintered wick has become an ideal heat radiator.
  目前电子芯片对散热的要求越来越高，烧结式吸液芯微热管已经成为电子芯片理想的散热元件。
• 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 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。
• They're used as a wick to keep him going.
  被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
• Lightweight formula helps wick away perspiration, absorb excess oil so makeup looks fresher, longer.
  轻重量的配方帮助几乎适应湿度变化，吸收多余油分，让彩妆更加清爽，延长彩妆时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。