['kændl]
candle
n. 蜡烛

词形变化:

名词:candler 动词过去式:candled 过去分词:candled 现在分词:candling 第三人称单数:candles

例句与用法:

  1. A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.
    一支孤烛使黑暗的房间亮了起来。
  2. He put the candle on the silver candlestick.
    他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。
  3. He lit up a wax candle.
    他点燃了一支蜡烛。
  4. 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。
  5. We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.
    我们点燃了蜡烛,蜡烛照亮了房间。
  6. These discoveries are not worth the candle.
    这些发现毫无价值。
  7. 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。

英英解释:

名词 candle:

  1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
  2. 同义词:taper, wax light
  3. 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
  4. 同义词:candela, cd, standard candle

动词 candle:

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