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

• 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。
• You have not yet dipped your wick.
  老二还没派上用场。
• 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。
• 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。
• They're used as a wick to keep him going.
  被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
• Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
  丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
• 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 Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
  教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
• It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
  这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
• Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
  好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。