名詞蠟燭; 燭光; 蠟燭狀物
及物動詞對光檢查
1. hide one's candle under a bushel : 不露鋒芒；
2. not worth the candle : 得不償失的, 不上算的；
3. burn the candle at both ends : 過分耗費；
1. hide one's candle under a bushel : 不露鋒芒；
2. not worth the candle : 得不償失的, 不上算的；
3. burn the candle at both ends : 過分耗費；
及物動詞
1. candle
1. We candled the eggs to assure quality.
為保證質(zhì)量，我們對著光檢查了蛋。
名詞
1. candle的反義詞
1. He blew out the candle and went to bed.
他吹熄蠟燭，上床睡覺。
1. candle的意思
1. 燭,燭光：最新的蠟燭(燭光)(Candle)型過濾芯硅藻土過濾機,過濾部件間的間隙小,只有30μm(比通常的硅藻土過濾機50~70μm小). 這種新型過濾機的硅藻土預涂層不需要熔化助劑的燒制品,采用中等助劑一次預涂即可,既縮短了預涂助劑的時間,
1. 蠟燭
A candle 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 single candle.
臥室里只點了一支蠟燭。
2. 一根蠟燭兩頭燒;起早摸黑地干;過度耗費精力
If you burn 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. 遠不如;比…遜色許多
If you say that one person or thing can't hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
e.g. Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.
如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并論。
4. 不值得;劃不來
If you say that the game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.