n.(名词)

1. 蜡烛，烛
2. 烛形物，蜡烛状物
3. 烛光
4. 烟火
5. 坎德拉（发光强度单位）

v.(动词)

1. 对着光检查
2. 用亮光检查好坏，用透光法检查
3. 对着光线（原为烛光）检查（蛋）是否新鲜、受精等

n.(名词)

1. [C]蜡烛 a round stick of wax containing a length of string wick which gives light when it burns

Noun:

1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

2. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

Verb:

1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

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.

candle

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.

1. 烛,烛光：最新的蜡烛(烛光)(candle)型过滤芯硅藻土过滤机,过滤部件间的间隙小,只有30μm(比通常的硅藻土过滤机50~70μm小). 这种新型过滤机的硅藻土预涂层不需要熔化助剂的烧制品,采用中等助剂一次预涂即可,既缩短了预涂助剂的时间,

1. The candle light is dimmed by sunlight.
   烛光在阳光下变弱。
2. The candle began to flare.
   烛光开始摇曳。
3. The candles on the Christmas tree lit up the room.
   圣诞树上的蜡烛照亮了房间。
4. The heat dissolved the candles.
   热使蜡烛融化了。
5. The wind blew out the candle.
   风吹灭了蜡烛。
6. Every time he tried to light the candle, it blew out.
   他几次想把蜡烛点了起来,但都被风吹熄了。
7. We lit up the candle and the candle lit up the room.
   我们点燃了蜡烛,烛光照亮了房间。
8. Shine the candle in, please.
   请把蜡烛往里照。
9. The sun dimmed the light of the candle.
   太阳使烛光暗淡。
10. The bottom of the candle is fused with its holder.
    蜡烛的底部和烛台熔合在一起。
11. At least we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.
    停电时我们至少可以使用蜡烛。
12. The flame of the burning candle soon went out.
    蜡烛的火焰很快就熄灭了。
13. The wax from the two candles fused as they burned.
    两根蜡烛上的蜡燃烧时融合在了一起。

can't hold a candle to sb

简直不能与…相比 be not nearly as good as

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。

His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.

他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。

The bedroom was lit by a single candle.

卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。

Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.

如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。

No one can hold a candle to him when it comes to playing the guitar.

说到弹吉他,谁也比不上他.

I can't burn the candle at both ends forever.

我不能永远这么过分的消耗精力.

He hadn't had a bad education himself, but he couldn't hold a candle to her.

他自己受过的教育并不差, 可是跟她一比就简直没门了.

How high that highest candle lights the dark.

照亮黑暗的高高烛火多么高贵.

The breeze flared the candle.

微风吹得烛光不定.

He struck a match to light the candle.

他划了一根火柴要点亮蜡烛.

A great torch may be lighted at a little candle.

小蜡烛点亮大火炬.

A hinged tray folds out to hold a candle.

一个铰链的盘子突出来形成烛台.

The wind blew out the candle.

风吹灭了蜡烛.

The flame of the burning candle soon went out.

蜡烛的火焰很快就熄灭了.

He struck a light and set the candle going.

他擦了一根火柴把蜡烛点亮.

The candle sputtered out.

蜡烛噼啪爆响着熄灭了.

The candle flame flicked and went out.

烛火摇曳着,随即熄灭了.

The bottom of the candle is fused with its holder.

蜡烛的底部和烛台熔合在一起.

The candle flickered and then went out.

一开始蜡烛摇曳不定,然后就灭了.

A teacher's work is often compared to a candle.

教师的工作常被比作蜡烛.

The candle grew down until only an inch was left.

蜡烛越烧越短,最后只剩下一英寸.

The candle flames wavered.

烛光闪动着.

The candle was blown out by the wind.

蜡烛被风吹灭了.

Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.

熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。

After drawing the curtains, she lit a candle.

拉上窗帘后，她点燃了蜡烛。

Tenzin snuffed out the candle.

丹津掐灭了蜡烛。

The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.

流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。

Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.

她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。

The light from my candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.

我的烛光将他拉长的影子投射在墙上。

The candle had burned right down.

这根蜡烛完全烧尽了。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的candel；最初源自拉丁语的candel，意为蜡烛。