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

It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。
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 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。
Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
In another embodiment, the shell of the device includes flexible graphite and an optional wick structure.
在另一实施方案中，该装置的罩壳包括柔性石墨和任选的芯体结构。
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。
With the increasing demand for the cooling of electronic chips, the micro heat pipe with the sintered wick has become an ideal heat radiator.
目前电子芯片对散热的要求越来越高，烧结式吸液芯微热管已经成为电子芯片理想的散热元件。
The equipment required consists of two mercury thermometers, and one cloth wick.
所需设备包括两个水银温度计和一个布条。
The bulb of a thermometer is covered with a close fitting cotton wick, which is kept wetted with water.
在温度计的球上，缠着一层配合紧密的棉芯，并用水使其保持湿润。