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

• 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。
• Therefore, a single-loop CPL system was made and studied in the thesis, in which the porous wick of main was used, and the experimental investigation was carried on into the system performances.
  为此，本文利用简单的干道式毛细芯，设计制作了一个单回路CPL系统，实验研究了该系统的性能。
• 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。
• 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。
• Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
  丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
• They're used as a wick to keep him going.
  被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
• 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。
• 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 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 Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
  教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。