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

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