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can.dle5kAn7d6n [C]a usually cylindrical piece of wax with a WICK (=piece of string) in the middle of it which produces light as it slowly burns蜡烛There was a power cut last night, and we had to light lots of candles.昨晚停电，我们不得不点了很多蜡烛。If you say that someone or something can't hold a candle to someone or something else, you mean that they are not as good.比不上The pop music of today can't hold a candle to the great songs of the 60s and 70s.现在的流行歌曲无法同六、七十年代的著名歌曲相比。"She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness" (Adlai Stevenson about Eleanor Roosevelt, 1962)“她宁可点燃蜡烛而不是去诅咒黑暗”（阿德莱·史蒂文森对埃莉诺·罗斯福的评论）"Candle in the Wind" (title of a song by Elton John, 1974)《风中之烛》（埃尔顿·约翰演唱的歌曲名）
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