candlewick

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wick of a candle. countable
    — Accordingly, the next day I came provided with six large candles of my own making (for I made very good candles now of goat’s tallow, but was hard set for candle-wick, using sometimes rags or rope-yarn, and sometimes the dried rind of a weed like nettles); and going into this low place I was obliged to creep upon all-fours as I have said, almost ten yards—which, by the way, I thought was a venture bold enough, considering that I knew not how far it might go, nor what was beyond it.
  2. The thread used to make the wicks of candles. countable,uncountable
  3. A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery. countable,uncountable
    — He sat on the candlewick bedspread and a woman came into the room and knelt on the floor in front of him.

词形变化

candlewicks plural candle-wick alternative,archaic

词源

From Middle English candelwyk, candelwike, from Old English candelweoc, candelwēoce (“candlewick”), equivalent to candle + wick.
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