candle

noun

1. 蜡烛
   a round stick of wax with a piece of string (called a wick ) through the middle which is lit to give light as it burns

1. 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.
   1. The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
      卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。
2. 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.
3. 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.
   1. 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。
4. 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.

1. The candle had burned right down
   这根蜡烛完全烧尽了。
2. I blew out the candle.
   我把蜡烛吹灭了。
3. The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
   卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。
4. After drawing the curtains, she lit a candle
   拉上窗帘后，她点燃了蜡烛。
5. The light from my candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.
   我的烛光将他拉长的影子投射在墙上。
6. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears
   她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。
7. Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
   丹津掐灭了蜡烛。
8. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.
   流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。
9. He looks very ill; he must have burnt the candle at both ends.
   他看上去病得很厉害，一定是劳累过度了。
10. The candle was blown out by the wind.
    蜡烛被风吹灭了。
11. The candle flickered and then went out.
    一开始蜡烛摇曳不定，然后就灭了。
12. The candle flames wavered.
    烛光闪动着。
13. I've decided to give up my job because it is so poorly paid that the game's not worth the candle.
    我已决定辞职，因为这工作薪水太低，不值得干。
14. You can't burn the candle at both ends.
    你不能过度耗费精力。
15. The candle flame flicked and went out.
    烛火摇曳着，随即熄灭了。
16. The candle is fuming.
    蜡烛正在冒烟。
17. The candle grew down until only an inch was left.
    蜡烛越烧越短，最后只剩下一英寸。
18. Every time he tried to light the candle, it blew out.
    他几次想把蜡烛点起来，但都被风吹熄了。
19. The bottom of the candle is fused with its holder.
    蜡烛的底部和烛台熔合在一起。
20. The wind blew out the candle.
    风吹灭了蜡烛。
21. The candle lights up the entire room.
    我点燃了一支蜡烛照亮了房间。
22. Don't light the candle, there is already a lighted one.
    别点蜡烛了，已经有一个点着的了。
23. Candle power dinner? Ate to be done not have.
    烛光晚餐？吃完了就没有了。
24. A lighted candle lit up the cellar.
    一支点燃的蜡烛照亮了地下室。
25. The candle lit up the room.
    蜡烛照亮了房间。
26. Somebody opened the door and the candle blew out.
    有人打开了门，蜡烛随之被吹灭了。
27. With this candle, I will light you in darkness.
    有了这个蜡烛，我会根据你在黑暗中。
28. Mum lighted a candle and I could see her kind face in the candlelight.
    妈妈点燃了一支蜡烛，在烛光中我看到了她那和蔼的脸。
29. We lit the candle and the candle lit the whole room.
    我们点着了蜡烛，蜡烛照亮了整个房间。

n.

cannot hold a candle to sb/sth

• 不如…好；比不上…；无法与…媲美
  is not as good as sb or sth else
  1. His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.
     他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。

burn the candle at both ends

• 过度劳累；起早贪黑而疲惫不堪
  to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early

(the game is) not worth the candle

• 得不偿失；代价太高
  the advantages to be gained from doing sth are not great enough, considering the effort or cost involved

noun

1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

   Synonym:    taperwax light

2. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

   Synonym:    candelacdstandard candle

verb

1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light