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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The key parameters, mainly including selection of heat pipe working fluid and heat pipe shell material, determination of wick structure and so on were discussed.
  主要包括热管工质、管壳材料的选择以及吸液芯结构的确定等。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
  教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。