| 单词 | candle |
| 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. |
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