candles

英 [ˈkændlz]

美 [ˈkændəlz]

n. 蜡烛
candle的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 蜡烛
Acandleis a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
1. The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
  卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。
一根蜡烛两头烧;起早摸黑地干;过度耗费精力
If youburn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.
PHRASE 远不如;比…逊色许多
If you say that one person or thingcan't hold a candle toanother, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
1. Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.
  如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。
不值得;划不来
If you say thatthe game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.