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

• 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 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。
• Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
  38灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘也是要精金的。
• The equipment required consists of two mercury thermometers, and one cloth wick.
  所需设备包括两个水银温度计和一个布条。
• Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
  丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The keeper's essential task was trimming the lantern wick in order to maintain a steady, bright flame.
  守塔人的基本工作就是修剪灯芯，以便火焰明亮而稳定。
• We visited a whole host of places between wick and thurso.
  我们访问了威克和瑟索之间的许多地方。