candle
['kændl]
n.蜡烛, 烛形物
vt.对光检查
例句与用法:
A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.
一支孤烛使黑暗的房间亮了起来。
He put the candle on the silver candlestick.
他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。
He lit up a wax candle.
他点燃了一支蜡烛。
She is pretty good, but she can't hold a candle to her mother.
她相当不错,但还不能与他母亲相比。
We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.
我们点燃了蜡烛,蜡烛照亮了房间。
These discoveries are not worth the candle.
这些发现毫无价值。
If you go on burning the candle at both ends, you will be ill.
你如果再这样起早贪黑地干活,你会病倒的。
词形变化:
名词: candler | 动词过去式: candled | 动词过去分词: candled | 动词现在分词: candling | 动词第三人称单数: candles |
n.
1. 蜡烛[C]
He blew out the candle and went to bed.
他吹熄蜡烛, 上床睡觉。
2. 烛形物[C]
3. 烛光[U]
vt.
对光检查(蛋等)
We candled the eggs to assure quality.
为保证质量, 我们对着光检查了蛋。
candle
名词复数:candles
过去式:candled
过去分词:candled
现在进行时:candling
词形变化:
名词: candler | 动词过去式: candled | 动词过去分词: candled | 动词现在分词: candling | 动词第三人称单数: candles |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.蜡烛, 火焰
taper
tallow light
rush light
bougie
dip
vigil light
torch
flambeau
flare
flame
同义参见:
lamp
candle['kændl]n.1.■蜡烛2.■烛形物3.■【光学】(新)烛光,坎德拉(发光强度单位)[亦作 candela, new candle];旧烛光,国际烛光[亦作 international candle];标准烛光[亦作 standard candle]4.■石蜡洗浴疗法(可治疗关节炎)vt.1.■对光(原为烛光)察看(鸡蛋等是否新鲜):To make sure that the eggs are fresh, we had better candle them one by one.为了查明鸡蛋是否新鲜,我们最好将鸡蛋一一对着光检查一遍。2.■检验质量(a game) not worth the candle(游戏)得不偿失的;不值得花钱的;不合算的(事情)不值得做的a lighted candle[诗歌用语]晚会;盛大的宴会be not fit to hold a candle to= cannot hold a candle toburn the candle at both ends一根蜡烛两头烧;早晨很早、夜里很迟都在工作;劳累过度,耗费精力;过分地浪费精力by the candle以烧蜡烛定时限cannot hold a candle to与…不能相比,比不上go off like a candle in a snuff突然死掉[亦作 go off like the snuff of a candle ]hide one's candle (或light) under a bushel不显露自己的才能,不露锋芒,不爱表现自己[来自《圣经》]hold a candle (或stick) to和…媲美,能与…相比[常用于否定句]为(某人)效劳;当(某人的)助手hold a candle to the devil助纣为虐;为虎作伥离开正路,走入歧途hold a candle to the sun白费力气;多此一举sell by inch of candle(拍卖时)在一小段蜡烛燃尽时拍板worth the candle[常用于否定句或疑问句]值得,合算,划得来变形vt.candledcandling
candlecandle[ˈkændl]n.1.■蜡烛2.■蜡烛状物3.■【物】烛光(光强度单位)4.■火花塞, 电嘴, 电极座5.■毒气筒, 烟幕弹筒6.■陶瓷过滤芯
词性变化candle[ˈkændl]vt.1.■用亮光检查(蛋)的好坏
继承用法candle-flamen.1.■烛光焰candlelight[ˈkænd(ə)llaɪt]n.1.■烛光; 灯光; 黄昏candlemakern.1.■制造蜡烛的人candlestandn.1.■烛光 架candlestick[ˈkænd(ə)lstɪk]n.1.■烛台candlewick[ˈkænd(ə)lwɪk]n.1.■烛芯candlewickingn.1.■松捻粗棉线, 灯芯纱candlewood[ˈkændlwʊd]n.1.■任何可作火炬的多树脂木材
noun
- a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns
蜡烛 - (亦作 international candle)(Physics)a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela
(物理)旧烛光,国际烛光(发光强度单位,已被新烛光[坎德拉]所取代)
- [with obj.](常作 be candled)(of a poultry breeder) test (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it to the light
(家禽饲养者)对光检查(鸡蛋)新鲜度(或孵化能力)
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
nobody in the final could hold a candle to her.
参加决赛的人中没人能比得上她。
- 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
candler
noun
语源
- Old English candel, from Latin candela, from candere 'be white or glisten'
candle
名词 candle:
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
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
同义词:candela, cd, standard candle
动词 candle:
examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
candle
■She stood the candle on the floor .
225她把蜡烛竖在地板上。
■Never light your candle at both ends.
[谚]不可过分消耗体力。
■No, sir, only a candle on the floor.
“没有,先生,只有地上的一根蜡烛。”
■What makes the candle blow so?@ said Aunt Polly.
“烛光怎么摇得这么害?”波利姨妈问。
■A hinged tray folds out to hold a candle.
一个铰链的盘子突出来形成烛台。
■A candle lightened the darkness of the great hall.
一只蜡烛照亮了黑暗的大厅。
■The candle flickered and then went out.
一开始蜡烛摇曳不定,然后就灭了。
■An ax is looking for a pig with a candle.
一把斧子点着蜡烛找小猪。
■A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.
一支孤烛使黑暗的房间亮了起来。
■A lighted candle lit up the cellar.
一支点燃的蜡烛照亮了地下室。
■The room was poorly illuminated by one candle.
一支蜡烛照得房间半明半暗。
■A candle dawned upon the dark room.
一根蜡烛照亮了房间。
■A puff of wind blew out the candle.
一阵风吹熄了蜡烛。
■A gust of wind made the candle pop out.
一阵风把蜡烛吹灭了。
■A gust of wind blew the flickering candle out.
一阵风把闪烁不定的蜡烛吹熄了。
■Hope goes out, like the light of a candle.
万事随转烛。
■Heat dissolved the candle into a pool of wax in a few minutes.
不到几分钟热就把蜡烛融化成一摊蜡。
■Do not hold a candle to the devil.
不要为虎作伥。
■Better to light a candle than to curse darkness.
与其诅咒黑暗,不如点亮光明。
■Don't curse the darkness but light a candle.
与其诅咒黑暗,不如燃起蜡烛。
■People used to read by the light of candle.
人们曾靠烛光读书。
■Man's life is often compared to a candle.
人生常比为蜡烛。
■Most quiet need, by sun and candle light.
从日出时分到摇曳的烛光。
■They put a candle inside the pumpkin and light it.
他们在南瓜里放一支蜡烛,点亮它。
■They put a stock of candle ends into the lantern.
他们把一堆蜡烛头放到灯笼里。
■They checked for the leak with a candle.
他们点着一支蜡烛检查渗漏。
■He struck a match and lighted a candle.
他划了根火柴,点亮了蜡烛。
■She blow out the candle and go to bed.
他吹熄了蜡烛之后去睡了。
■Blew out the candle and went to bed.
他吹熄蜡烛,上床睡觉。
■He read the letter by the light of the candle.
他在烛光下读那封信。
■He put the candle on the silver candlestick.
他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。
■He struck a light and set the candle going.
他擦了一根火柴把蜡烛点亮。
■He would have turned down the candle.
他本想把蜡烛弄灭。
■Every white-robed angellic child carried a candle.
他注意到有只有一个小天使的蜡烛没亮。
■He lit up a wax candle.
他点燃了一支蜡烛。
■He climbed into a cave and with the help of a candle he saw into it.
他爬进一个山洞,借助一根蜡烛,他看清了洞里面。
■He doused the candle with a flap of his hand.
他用手煽熄烛火。
■He lit him up the stairs to bed with a candle.
他用蜡烛照明引他上楼睡觉。
■His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.
他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。
■As he spoke, he extinguished the candle.
他说着,把腊烛吹灭。
■He will go off like a candle I n a snuff sooner or later.
他迟早会突然丧命的。
■The game is not worth the candle.
付出的代价划不来。
■The game is worth the candle.
付出的代价划得来。
■The men in the cabin snuffed the candle and went to sleep.
住在小屋里的人熄灭了蜡烛去睡觉了。
■You mustn't burn the candle at both ends.
你不能不顾身体过份劳累。
■You cannot burn the candle at both end.
你不能同时点燃蜡烛的两端(你不能过分的消耗自己的精力)。
■You can't burn the candle at both ends forever.
你不能永远这么过分地消耗精力。
■If I was a candle would you hold me gently?
你会尽可能接近我么?
■If you go on burning the candle at both ends, you will be ill.
你如果再这样起早贪黑地干活,你会病倒的。
■You are the candle, and love is the flame.
你是蜡烛,爱就是火焰。