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Candle Phrase Wick Person Thing Hold Worth 英[ˈkændl

单词 candle
音标
英[ˈkændl] 美[ˈkændl]
解释
n.蜡烛;烛光;蜡烛状物;vt.对光检查;
例句

N-COUNT
蜡烛
A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
例:The bedroom was lit by a single candle.卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。

PHRASE
一根蜡烛两头烧;起早摸黑地干;过度耗费精力
If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.

PHRASE
远不如;比…逊色许多
If you say that one person or thing can't hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
例:Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。

PHRASE
不值得;划不来
If you say that the game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.
变形
pl:candles~

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