wick
英 [wɪk]
美 [wɪk]
n. 烛芯; 灯芯
复数:wicks
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.- The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
- The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
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
- any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
- the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Additionally, it is also known that the permeability of the wick has a great effect on the resistance.
并从计算中知道,蒸发器芯层渗透率的大小对此流动阻力的影响甚大。 - The key parameters, mainly including selection of heat pipe working fluid and heat pipe shell material, determination of wick structure and so on were discussed.
主要包括热管工质、管壳材料的选择以及吸液芯结构的确定等。 - 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。 - 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。 - It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。 - They're used as a wick to keep him going.
被当作灯芯让他继续表演。 - Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。 - 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。