candle

汉语翻译

n. 蜡烛
vt. 对着光检查
【医】 烛, 烛光
相关词组:
burn the candle at both ends
hide one's candle under a bushel
hold a candle to the sun
not worth the candle

词型变化：

名词:candler 动词过去式:candled 过去分词:candled 现在分词:candling 第三人称单数:candles 

英语解释：

名词 candle:

1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
   同义词：taper, wax light
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
   同义词：candela, cd, standard candle

动词 candle:

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

例句：

1. A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.
   一支孤烛使黑暗的房间亮了起来。
2. He put the candle on the silver candlestick.
   他把蜡烛放在银烛台上。
3. He lit up a wax candle.
   他点燃了一支蜡烛。
4. 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。
5. We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.
   我们点燃了蜡烛，蜡烛照亮了房间。
6. These discoveries are not worth the candle.
   这些发现毫无价值。
7. 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。

详细解释：

can.dle

n.（名词）


A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
蜡烛：通常是由动物油脂、蜡或其它脂肪物质构成的固态柱状物体，轴心中有烛绳，被点燃以照明
Something resembling this object in shape or use.
烛形物：在形状或用途上类似这种物体的事物
Abbr. cPhysics
缩写 c【物理学】
An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to .02 candelas.Also called international candle
国际烛光：一种旧式亮度单位，原来以一根有标准构成的蜡烛来定义，等于.02坎德拉也作 international candle
See candela
参见 candela
v.tr.（及物动词）
can.dled,can.dling,can.dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
对光检查：把（一只鸡蛋）置于一个明亮的光源前以检查它的新鲜程度或受精状况

来源：
Middle English candel
中古英语 candel
from Old English
源自 古英语
and from Anglo-Norman candele
并源自 英法语 candele
both from Latin candôla
都源自 拉丁语 candôla
from candôre [to shine] * see kand-
源自 candôre [闪耀] *参见 kand-

【引伸】
can.dler
n.（名词）