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
- 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。 - The temperature of the wick and the bulb falls below that of the air.
纱布与感温球的温度下降而低于空气的温度。 - 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。 - 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。 - Make sure it's a technical fabric such as polypropylene or CoolMax, which wick water and sweat away from your skin.
确保那件是高科技衣料，比如聚丙烯或Coolmax料的，这类合成料会吸走皮肤上的雨水和汗水。 - They're used as a wick to keep him going.
被当作灯芯让他继续表演。 - It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。 - 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 wick connects it to a reservoir.
一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。