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

• 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。
• 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。
• A wick connects it to a reservoir.
  一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
• They're used as a wick to keep him going.
  被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
  这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
• The bulb of a thermometer is covered with a close fitting cotton wick, which is kept wetted with water.
  在温度计的球上，缠着一层配合紧密的棉芯，并用水使其保持湿润。