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

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。
It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
Lightweight formula helps wick away perspiration, absorb excess oil so makeup looks fresher, longer.
轻重量的配方帮助几乎适应湿度变化，吸收多余油分，让彩妆更加清爽，延长彩妆时间。
A lamp burns and has neither wick nor oil.
一盏灯烧了起来却没有灯芯也没有灯油。
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。
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。
You have not yet dipped your wick.
老二还没派上用场。
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。
A wick connects it to a reservoir.
一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
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。