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

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。
They're used as a wick to keep him going.
被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
Abstract: Using high pressure greasing technique, the special protection grease for steel cable is poured into the flax wick of steel cable at the operation.
文摘：采用高压注脂技术，向运行中的钢丝绳麻芯内注入专用的钢丝绳防护脂。
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。
Like thousands of Candle burning, faint flame ablation in Zhu Lei, the failure to burn the wick to stay is not seen signs of incurable trauma.
像燃烧了千年的红烛，微弱的火光消融在烛泪中，未能燃尽的灯芯留的是不见痕迹、无法治愈的创伤。
Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
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。
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 wick connects it to a reservoir.
一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
You have not yet dipped your wick.
老二还没派上用场。