释义 |
candling['kændliŋ]candle['kændl]- n.
- 蜡烛
- 烛形物
- 【光学】(新)烛光,坎德拉(发光强度单位)[亦作 candela, new candle];旧烛光,国际烛光[亦作 international candle];标准烛光[亦作 standard candle]
- 石蜡洗浴疗法(可治疗关节炎)
- vt.
- 对光(原为烛光)察看(鸡蛋等是否新鲜):
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。 - 检验质量
- 短语:
- (a game) not worth the candle
- (游戏)得不偿失的;不值得花钱的;不合算的
- (事情)不值得做的
- a lighted candle [诗歌用语]晚会;盛大的宴会
- be not fit to hold a candle to = cannot hold a candle to
- burn the candle at both ends 一根蜡烛两头烧;早晨很早、夜里很迟都在工作;劳累过度,耗费精力;过分地浪费精力
- by the candle 以烧蜡烛定时限
- cannot hold a candle to 与…不能相比,比不上
- go off like a candle in a snuff 突然死掉[亦作 go off like the snuff of a candle ]
- hide one's candle (或light) under a bushel 不显露自己的才能,不露锋芒,不爱表现自己[来自《圣经》]
- hold a candle (或stick) to
- 和…媲美,能与…相比[常用于否定句]
- 为(某人)效劳;当(某人的)助手
- hold a candle to the devil
- hold a candle to the sun 白费力气;多此一举
- sell by inch of candle (拍卖时)在一小段蜡烛燃尽时拍板
- worth the candle [常用于否定句或疑问句]值得,合算,划得来
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