candle
美 [ˈkænd(ə)l] 
英 ['kænd(ə)l]
- n.蜡烛
- v.用亮光检查(鸡蛋的)好坏
- 网络烛光；烛形物；蜡蠋
词形变化
复数：candles 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 蜡烛a round stick of wax with a piece of string (called a wick ) through the middle which is lit to give light as it burns |
习惯用语
cannot hold a candle to sb/sth
不如…好；比不上…；无法与…媲美is not as good as sb or sth else
| His singing can't hold a candle to Bocelli's. 他的演唱无法与波切利媲美。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Caroline took a candle , and went quietly all over the house , seeing that every window was fast and every door barred .
卡罗琳拿了一支蜡烛，悄悄地到各处巡视一番，看看每扇门窗是否关严闩牢。
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
分离会减少渺小的爱，却会增加伟大的爱，正如风吹灭蜡烛，却吹旺了篝火。
Make your own lantern for the Lantern festival. You don't have to make it very complicated. Why not just use a cola bottle and a candle?
自己动手为元宵节做盏灯笼。利用可乐罐和蜡烛就是个不错的创意呢。
Then I saw the light of his candle approaching through the darkness, and he appeared, looking pale and depressed.
然后我看到他举着蜡烛从黑暗中走来，他脸色苍白、神情沮丧。
And I would have liked to have known you, But I was just a kid, Your candle burned out long before, The legend ever did.
而我好希望当时能够认识你，但是那时我只是个孩子。你的烛火虽已烧尽，但传奇将流传下去。
So I would be careful with that candle, if I were you. . . or all the people you've burned with your act. . . just might have their revenge.
如果我是你的话会小心蜡烛，不然到时候被你烧死的人就算报仇了。
And it seems to me you lived your life, Like a candle in the wind.
我总认为你的一生就像是风中之烛。
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and fans a bonfire.
匮乏压抑了人的小欲望而强化了重大的欲望，就如风吹灭蜡烛而煽旺篝火一样。
Light a candle, close your eyes, and take a few minutes each day to invite positivity into your day.
不妨每天点根蜡烛，然后闭上眼睛，花几分钟冥想，进而让外界的积极因素融入你的身心。
Mans life is often compared to a candle.
人生常被喻为蜡烛。
Then they went up to bed, and in their delirium of bliss they forgot and left the candle burning in the parlor .
然后他们上床去睡觉，由于高兴得丢三落四，连客厅里的蜡烛都忘了吹灭。
She looked a little like what he said she was as, holding the candle sideways, she tried to smile away the seriousness of her words.
从她的脸上看，她倒真的有点儿像他说的那样在撒娇了，她努力想微笑起来，免得她说的话太严肃。
The children and "SFS" staff held a minute of silence around a symbolic candle display and then shared their emotions amongst each other.
每一位小朋友和“明日之星”的工作人员围绕蜡烛，为遇难同胞默哀，并彼此表达了他们悲痛的心情。
"Emm-anything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been womm-en out of candle-beams" (Edith Wharton).
“她四周的所有物体都发出柔和的光，仿佛她的衣服是由烛光织成的”（埃迪斯·瓦顿）。
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?
耶稣又对他们说，人拿灯来，岂是放在斗底下，床底下，不放在灯台上吗。
And with him went the monks and the musicians, and the candle-bearers, and the swingers of censers, and a great company.
与他同行的有僧侣、乐师、持蜡烛者、摇香炉者，以及一大群人。
The reflection wavered, as though it came rather from a fire which had been lighted than from a candle.
墙上的反光还不时颤动，好象是一种火焰的反射，而不是光的反射。
Newton invented a paper lantern illuminated by a candle which he carried with him to light his way to school on dark winter morning.
牛顿发明了一种点蜡烛的纸灯笼，在昏暗的冬天早晨上学时他就是打着这种灯照路。
He stepped forward, and called him by name, and touched his shoulder; but he would not move, so he took the candle and looked at him.
他走上前去，叫唤主人，碰碰他的肩膀，可是他不动，于是，他拿支蜡烛看他。
"I prayed to her for money and promised her a candle, " I said.
‘我向她祷告要钱，保证过给她点根蜡烛。’
Long she leaned out in her freak dress, keen to burn her wings at life's candle.
她穿着件“奇装”、凭窗伫立多时，一心要在生命的烛焰上烧掉自己的翅膀。
Again she lit a candle, and held the letter to the flame till it was all consumed.
她又点燃一枝蜡烛，把信举在火焰上，直到它完全烧毁。
Job Legh took the candle up, and began a leisurely inspection.
约伯举起了蜡烛，从容地审视她。
Somebody opened the door and the candle blew out.
有人打开了门，蜡烛就被吹灭了。
He would have turned down the candle.
他本想把蜡烛弄灭。
It goes out like a candle, quietly and gently.
它象一支蜡烛一样，静静地、轻轻地熄灭了。
The candle flames wavered.
烛光闪动着。
His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.
他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。
The candle's flame doused.
烛焰灭了。
The candle flickered and then went out.
那蜡烛闪烁不定，后来便熄灭了。
At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-candle and soap-boiler.
十岁头上，我就被父亲带走，帮他干油烛和煮皂生意。
small passions and increases great ones, just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
离别减弱微弱的热情，增强炽热的激情，就象风吹灭蜡烛，旺盛篝火一样。查看全文
On this night however, as soon as he had finished eating, he took up a candle and went in-to his business room.
但是这天晚上，他却一吃完饭就拿起一支蜡烛，走进他的办公室。
Thereupon, she got to her feet and, taking the candle, set it on the mantelpiece and looked at herself in the mirror.
她说完后就站起身，拿起蜡烛放在壁炉上，对着镜子照着。
the candle lights light up the rainy night . all my tender greetings flows slowly , until they flood in the little river of your life.
烛光点燃的雨夜，润湿温馨的祝福，缓缓地流淌，涨满你生命的小河。
Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
人喜欢伴侣，哪怕只是一根点着的小蜡烛也好。
Tured Mong, a pensioner, said she had driven 40 miles with her husband to bring flowers from her garden and a candle she wanted to light.
一位名叫TuredMong的退休女性说，她和丈夫驱车40英里带来了她花园里载种的鲜花，以及一支她想要点燃的蜡烛。
Expectation shall furnish me with music, and hope shall pitch the tune. Soon I shall rejoice in a candle of God's lighting.
因著期待，有盼望，就使我心中充满乐歌，而不久上帝的亮光也照临我。
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind. Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in.
对我来说，你的一生，恰似风烛——即使大雨倾盆，光芒不随夕阳湮灭。
It was a blue sky over the sea than in a broad sense of caring has more than than the sun is a candle is also a great selfless gesture.
那是一种比蓝天比大海还宽广的胸怀，更是一种比太阳比蜡烛还伟大的无私的姿态。
Please forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.
请转寄这封信给你所有认识的女性朋友，并一个接一个传下去。
And the beauty of the pearl, winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle, cozened his brain with its beauty.
珍珠在小蜡烛的亮光中闪烁着，以它的美丽哄骗着他的脑子。
The little duchess sat on her aluminum throne at the dinner table, in the wondrous light of a candle.
在完美的烛光下，小女公爵坐在餐桌旁她的铝制宝座上。
said the undertaker: raising the candle above his head, to get a better view of Oliver.
殡仪馆老板说着，把蜡烛举过头顶，好把奥立弗看个仔细。
He noticed that one child's candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl.
他注意到有一个小天使的蜡烛没有点亮。随后，他看到那个拿着没有点亮的蜡烛的小天使是自己的女儿。
In a twinkling the tree began to sputter and burn like a candle blown by the wind.
说时迟那时快，松树开始熊熊烧起来，像风吹着的蜡烛。
The lamp is often made from ceramic, glass or marble with a small container for water that is heated by a tea light candle.
小虫往往都是从陶瓷、玻璃或大理石与水就是一个小型集装箱加热茶蜡烛光。
After aiming at my chest I waited a second or two, and suddenly my candle, my table, and the wall in front of me began moving and heaving.
我对准胸膛等了一、二秒钟，忽然房里的蜡烛、桌子和墙壁全都在我眼前晃动、旋转起来。
Absence diminish little passion and Increase great one , just as the wind blow out a candle and fan a fire .
离别能使浅薄的感情削弱，但却会使深挚的感情更加深厚。正如风之能吹灭烛火而却会把火煽得更旺。
The Beeswax candle said arrogantly as if she was the hostess of the party.
蜂蜡蜡烛傲慢地说，就好像她已经是晚会的主人。
Dear friend: life is not a candle-light flickering in the wind but a torch igniting a new flame.
我的朋友，生活并不是微风中摇曳的烛光，而是点燃新火焰的火把。
