名词蜡烛; 烛光; 蜡烛状物
及物动词对光检查
1. hide one's candle under a bushel : 不露锋芒；
2. not worth the candle : 得不偿失的, 不上算的；
3. burn the candle at both ends : 过分耗费；
1. hide one's candle under a bushel : 不露锋芒；
2. not worth the candle : 得不偿失的, 不上算的；
3. burn the candle at both ends : 过分耗费；
及物动词
1. candle
1. We candled the eggs to assure quality.
为保证质量，我们对着光检查了蛋。
名词
1. candle的反义词
1. He blew out the candle and went to bed.
他吹熄蜡烛，上床睡觉。
1. candle的意思
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. 蜡烛
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.
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 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. 远不如;比…逊色许多
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年代的美女相提并论。
4. 不值得;划不来
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.