wick

英 [wɪk]

美 [wɪk]

n. 烛芯; 灯芯

复数：wicks　

BNC.19612 / COCA.17490

习惯用语

get on sb's wick

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

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。

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

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。
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。
It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
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。
Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
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。
A wick connects it to a reservoir.
一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。
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。