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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I just can't bring myself to spend a month's salary on a pair of shoes.
我才不愿意把一个月的薪水花在一双鞋上。
I know he will do something.
我知道他会做什么。
It's the library's. Please be more careful from now on!
“是图书馆的书。从现在起请你倍加小心！”