英语单词“wick”的意思是:
* n. 灯芯;烟斗的烟丝;引火线 * v. 用灯芯点燃
读音:英 [wɪk] 美 [wɪk]
例句:
1. The wick of the candle is burning brightly. 蜡烛的灯芯正亮堂堂地点燃着。
2. The fire was ignited by a wick. 火是由灯芯点燃的。
3. The flame was fanned by a wick dipped in oil. 火焰是由浸过油的灯芯煽起来的。
在英语中,单词“wick”还有其他的含义和用法,例如在合成词或短语中,例如“burning wick”意思是“一触即发的情况”,“black wick”表示“难对付的人”。此外,它还可以用作名词的形容词形式,例如在句子“a wick-like figure”中,意思是“像灯芯一样的人”。
关于单词“wick”的其它例句:
4. She used a candlewick to light the lamp. 她用一根蜡烛的灯芯点燃了灯。
5. The fire burned vigorously from the wick. 火焰从灯芯处熊熊燃烧。
6. It’s only a wick fire. 这儿只有一点点篝火而已。
7. It will flame up from the wick of ambition, once started, as well as from a greater one of material success. 有雄心者焰发一时,如若无其事之焰,也有志大才疏者,有欲壑难填之焰。
8. A candlewick flickered in the breeze from the open window. 窗开着,一阵风吹过,蜡烛的灯芯摇晃着。
9. He had a reputation for being a hard, unbending man, with a touch of the tyrant about him, like a burning wick that bent not when the flame grew hot. 他是个难以相处的人,人人都这么说,说他脾气古怪,如同点着的灯芯在烈焰中摇曳一般,不肯弯一下。
10. It’s only a matter of time before their illusions are dispelled like so much ash on the wind and their ambitions, like burning wicks, are extinguished by reality. 只是时间问题而已,他们的幻想像风中的轻烟一样破灭,他们的野心像点燃的灯芯一样被现实浇灭。