wick

英 [wɪk]

美 [wɪk]

n. 烛芯; 灯芯

复数：wicks　

GRE TEM8

BNC.19612 / COCA.17490

习惯用语

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

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。
It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
A wick connects it to a reservoir.
一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
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 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。
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 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。
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 is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。
A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.
一种以灯芯草茎为灯芯的动物脂肪作成的蜡烛。