wick

noun

1. 烛芯
   the piece of string in the centre of a candle which you light so that the candle burns
2. 灯芯
   the piece of material in an oil lamp which absorbs the oil and which you light so that the lamp burns

1. 蜡烛芯
   The wick of a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit.
2. （煤油灯的）灯芯;（打火机的）棉芯
   The wick of a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it is lit.
3. PHRASE 惹怒;激怒
   If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
   1. The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
      教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。

1. The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
   教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
2. It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.
   这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
3. It is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
   这是煤油炉炉芯的手轮调节处。
4. The equipment required consists of two mercury thermometers, and one cloth wick.
   所需设备包括两个水银温度计和一个布条。
5. With the increasing demand for the cooling of electronic chips, the micro heat pipe with the sintered wick has become an ideal heat radiator.
   目前电子芯片对散热的要求越来越高，烧结式吸液芯微热管已经成为电子芯片理想的散热元件。
6. We visited a whole host of places between wick and thurso.
   我们访问了威克和瑟索之间的许多地方。
7. Each lamp held a saucer filled with oil and water and a floating wick, and was suspended from the ceiling by means of long metal chains.
   每一只灯有一个装满了灯油和水的浅碟和一个漂浮的灯芯，用长长的金属链从天花板垂下。
8. The bulb of a thermometer is covered with a close fitting cotton wick, which is kept wetted with water.
   在温度计的球上，缠着一层配合紧密的棉芯，并用水使其保持湿润。
9. They're used as a wick to keep him going.
   被当作灯芯让他继续表演。
10. Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
    38灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘也是要精金的。
11. Therefore, a single-loop CPL system was made and studied in the thesis, in which the porous wick of main was used, and the experimental investigation was carried on into the system performances.
    为此，本文利用简单的干道式毛细芯，设计制作了一个单回路CPL系统，实验研究了该系统的性能。
12. Lightweight formula helps wick away perspiration, absorb excess oil so makeup looks fresher, longer.
    轻重量的配方帮助几乎适应湿度变化，吸收多余油分，让彩妆更加清爽，延长彩妆时间。
13. The key parameters, mainly including selection of heat pipe working fluid and heat pipe shell material, determination of wick structure and so on were discussed.
    主要包括热管工质、管壳材料的选择以及吸液芯结构的确定等。
14. And its outside fabric is made of cotton, chemical fibre or blended velveteen, wick, khaki or knitted fabric because of durability and being easily washed.
    外衣面料则选耐磨、结实、易洗的纯棉、化纤或混纺的平绒、灯芯、卡其或针织物。
15. You have not yet dipped your wick.
    老二还没派上用场。
16. In another embodiment, the shell of the device includes flexible graphite and an optional wick structure.
    在另一实施方案中，该装置的罩壳包括柔性石墨和任选的芯体结构。
17. Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
    好奇心是学习这根蜡烛的烛心。
18. A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.
    一种以灯芯草茎为灯芯的动物脂肪作成的蜡烛。
19. A lamp burns and has neither wick nor oil.
    一盏灯烧了起来却没有灯芯也没有灯油。
20. He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
    他知道，所有这些感觉会因为身体的解体而变得安静，就像是一盏灯的火焰，当油和灯芯拔出去时就熄灭了。
21. A wick connects it to a reservoir.
    一灯芯绳把它与水槽相连。
22. Denis Wick offers silver-plated and gold-plated mouthpieces.
    丹尼斯维克提供镀银和镀金的号嘴。
23. The keeper's essential task was trimming the lantern wick in order to maintain a steady, bright flame.
    守塔人的基本工作就是修剪灯芯，以便火焰明亮而稳定。
24. Make sure it's a technical fabric such as polypropylene or CoolMax, which wick water and sweat away from your skin.
    确保那件是高科技衣料，比如聚丙烯或Coolmax料的，这类合成料会吸走皮肤上的雨水和汗水。
25. The temperature of the wick and the bulb falls below that of the air.
    纱布与感温球的温度下降而低于空气的温度。
26. Additionally, it is also known that the permeability of the wick has a great effect on the resistance.
    并从计算中知道，蒸发器芯层渗透率的大小对此流动阻力的影响甚大。
27. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
    压伤的芦苇他不折断将残的灯火他不吹灭。
28. Like thousands of Candle burning, faint flame ablation in Zhu Lei, the failure to burn the wick to stay is not seen signs of incurable trauma.
    像燃烧了千年的红烛，微弱的火光消融在烛泪中，未能燃尽的灯芯留的是不见痕迹、无法治愈的创伤。
29. They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
    用精金做灯台的七个灯盏，并灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘。
30. Abstract: Using high pressure greasing technique, the special protection grease for steel cable is poured into the flax wick of steel cable at the operation.
    文摘：采用高压注脂技术，向运行中的钢丝绳麻芯内注入专用的钢丝绳防护脂。

n.

get on sb's wick

• 激怒（某人）；招惹（某人）
  to annoy sb

noun

1. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

   Synonym:    taper

2. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
   1. the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it