Candle
[ 'kændl ]
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n. 蜡烛;烛光;蜡烛状物;
vt. 对光检查;
💡 词根助记
cand发光+le表物体 → 发光的物体 → 蜡烛
📝 例句
Job Legh took the candle up, and began a leisurely inspection.
约伯举起了蜡烛，仔仔细细地对着她看。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A sudden gust of wind from the open window puffed the candle out.
从窗口突然吹进来一阵风,把蜡烛吹灭了。
He doused the candle with a flap of his hand.
他用手煽熄烛火。
A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the cellar.
一支孤烛照亮着黑暗的地窖。
🌱 联想助记
【串】在家很少拿needle(针),每天都idle(懒散的),脏衣服bundle(一捆),塞进了cradle(摇篮),晚上点candle (蜡烛),要去做noodle(面条),摔断锅handle(柄)
【记】※ kindle-点燃,candle-蜡烛:点燃蜡烛
※ can-能,dle-拼音“逗乐”:我用蜡烛也能逗乐大家
※ can-罐头,d-拼音“带”,le-拼音“乐”:蜡烛立在罐头上,带来光明让人快乐
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-cand-表示“光明”
📖 牛津释义
candle
n
1 round stick of wax with a wick through it which is lit to give light as it burns 蜡烛. =>illus 见插图.
2 (idm 习语) burn the candle at both ends => burn2. the game is not worth the candle => game1. not hold a candle to sb/sth (infml 口) be inferior to sb/sth 比不上某人[某事物]
She writes quite amusing stories but she can't hold a candle to the more serious novelists. 她能写些很有趣的故事, 但是比不上那些写出内容能发人深省的小说家.
🎯 考研助记
看到了”-有了 蜡烛我们就能看到了 停电有了 蜡烛能(can)读(d)了(le)
🔁 扩展释义
*['kændl]n. 蜡烛vt. 对着光检查【医】 烛, 烛光相关词组: burn the candle at both ends hide one's candle under a bushel hold a candle to the sun not worth the candle
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What happened?
怎么啦？
It was not until the accident happened that I became aware of my own foolishness.
直到事故发生我才意识到我自己的愚蠢。
the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.
即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟。