candle的意思是：n.蜡烛；烛形物；vt.对光检查。candle的例句是用作名词(n.)He put the candle on the silver candlestick.他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。candle的词语用法是n.(名词)candle的基本意思是“蜡烛”,多用蜡或其他油脂制成,燃烧时可供照明,多为圆柱形,为可数名词。
一、详尽释义点此查看candle的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.蜡烛
Acandle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
e.g. The bedroom was lit by a singlecandle.
卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。
2.一根蜡烛两头烧;起早摸黑地干;过度耗费精力
If youburn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.
3.远不如;比…逊色许多
If you say that one person or thingcan't hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
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e.g. Girls today can't hold acandle to the beauties of the Fifties.
如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。
4.不值得;划不来
If you say thatthe game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.
四、例句
He put the candle on the silver candlestick.
他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。
The candle was blown out by the wind.
蜡烛被风吹灭了。
A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.
一支孤烛使黑暗的房间亮了起来。
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。
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。
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。
五、常用短语
六、词汇搭配
七、词源解说
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