| [/wɪk; wɪk/] n 用法:
1 (a) length of thread in the centre of a candle, the top end of which is lit and burns as the wax melts 蜡烛心. =>illus at candle 见candle插图.
(b) flat or rounded length of woven material by which oil is drawn up to be burnt, in oil-lamps, oil-stoves and some types of cigarette lighter 灯心; （某些类型的打火机的）油绳:
trim the wick of a lamp 修剪灯心. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) get on sb's `wick (Brit infml) irritate sb continually 不断招惹某人. |