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

• You have not yet dipped your wick.
  老二还没派上用场。
• 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。
• They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
  用精金做灯台的七个灯盏，并灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘。
• 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。
• Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
  丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
• It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
  这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
  这灯芯很难旋上旋下。