candle是什么意思？

candle

英[ˈkændl] 美[ˈkændl]

• n. 蜡烛，烛光，蜡烛状物；
• vt. 对光检查；

复数：candles;

例句

• the unsteady light of a candle 闪烁不定的烛光
• The wind blew out the candle. 风吹灭了蜡烛。
• He struck a light and set the candle going. 他擦了一根火柴把蜡烛点亮。
• The candle-light flickered in the wind. 烛光在风中摇曳。
• The breeze flared the candle. 微风吹得烛光摇曳不定。
• The candle flame flicked and went out. 烛火摇曳着, 随即熄灭了。
• The candle grew down until only an inch was left. 蜡烛越烧越短, 最后只剩下一英寸。
• The flame of the burning candle soon went out. 蜡烛的火焰很快就熄灭了。
• You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 鱼和熊掌不可兼得
• Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。

同义词

• n.
  candle的同义词之：蜡烛,火焰
  flare, light, flame, vigil, flambeau, dip, rush, tallow, bougie, torch, taper,
• candle的同义词之：其他释义
  lamp,

词组

• be unable to hold a candle to
  (informal)be not nearly as good as (非正式)比不上，与…不能相比
• (the game's) not worth the candle
  the potential advantages to be gained from doing something do not justify the cost or trouble involved 不值得做；得不偿失

英语四级真题

The reaction to his death, with people leaving candles and flowers outside Apple stores and politicians singing praises on the internet, is proof that Mr Jobs had become something much more significant than just a clever money-maker.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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.
  例句
  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.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  蜡烛
  The candle grew down until only an inch was left. 蜡烛越烧越短, 最后只剩下一英寸。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
  2. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
• Verb
  1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

行业词典

• 体育： 蜡烛形特技飞行；
  医学： 蜡烛：一块蜡或任何类似的物质，通常呈圆柱状，有一根灯芯，燃之能发光和热；滤柱，滤棒：一个圆柱形物，在微生物学中用作滤器；烛光，堪〔德拉〕：同candela；