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

• Additionally, it is also known that the permeability of the wick has a great effect on the resistance.
  并从计算中知道，蒸发器芯层渗透率的大小对此流动阻力的影响甚大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。