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

The key parameters, mainly including selection of heat pipe working fluid and heat pipe shell material, determination of wick structure and so on were discussed.
主要包括热管工质、管壳材料的选择以及吸液芯结构的确定等。
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。
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。
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。
Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
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 tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.
一种以灯芯草茎为灯芯的动物脂肪作成的蜡烛。
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。
It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。