any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action;
"the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
双语例句
1. The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She's always talking about herself — she gets on my wick.
她总是在谈论自己,这真让我恼火.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
这灯芯很难旋上旋下.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The boss gets on my wick with his everlasting complaints about timekeeping. And he thinks nothing of rolling up to the office at ten o'clock himself.
上司总是抱怨说我们不守时,真令我烦透了. 可是他对自己10点钟才到办公室却一点也不在乎.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. At once I turn up the wick of my kerosene lamp.
灯火的带子也即刻被我旋高了.
来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
用作名词 (n.)
It was empty, but a feeble tallow candle, with a broken back and a long, cauliflower-headed wick sputtered upon the table. 房间是空空洞洞的，只点了一支暗淡无光的牛脂蜡烛，背部开裂，蜡烛芯长长的，花椰菜头似的，蜡烛油溅泼在桌子上。
A wick connects it to a reservoir. 一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
The wick is the quintessence of the candle. 灯芯是蜡烛的精华。
