单词 | candle |
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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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