英语释义

1. a usually molded or dipped mass of wax or tallow containing a wick that may be burned (as to give light, heat, or scent or for celebration or votive purposes)

2. something resembling a candle in shape or use
a sulfur candle for fumigating

3. required effort, expense, or trouble —usually used in the phrase not worth the candle

4. candela

5. a thin, upright new shoot forming from a terminal bud on a pine tree in the spring
Pines grow from the branch tips, which elongate into "candles" in spring, then fatten into mature, needle-covered branches. To minimize pine growth, just pinch off the ends of the candles.
— Jim McCausland et al.

6. to examine by holding between the eye and a light especially to test (eggs) in this way for staleness, blood clots, fertility, and growth

7. wax that has been formed into a stick or another shape and has a string in the middle that can be burned

8. a stick of tallow or wax containing a wick and burned to give light

9. to examine (an egg) by holding between the eye and a light

10. a medicated candle or lozenge used for fumigation

11. candela

片语

Custom Candles定制阴阳烛图

candle light烛光

Summer Candles夏日烛光（歌曲名称）

light candles点燃蜡烛

Lighting Candles明亮的烛火

candle power烛光（国际单位制中的照明单位）

making candles蜡烛艺术

Roman Candles罗马焰火筒；古色蜡烛

scented candles香味蜡烛

candle holder烛台

a lighted candle晚会

burn candles点蜡烛

Lit candles点燃蜡烛

英汉例句

• Only this month Brussels increased tariffs on citrus fruits and imposed new anti-dumping measures on Chinese candles and certain industrial products.

  就在本月，布鲁塞尔提高了柑橘关税，还对中国蜡烛和某些工业品实施了新的反倾销措施。

• Ever feel like your 「To Do」 list is like one of those birthday candles that never blows out, instead regenerating like (depressing) magic?

  曾经感觉你的待办事项就如生日蜡烛般永不熄灭，而不是像魔法般再生吗？

• A German soldier holding a small tree arranged with lighted candles began to walk across the land toward the English lines.

  一位德国士兵手持一棵小树，树上整齐地排列着点燃的蜡烛，他越过边界走向英国阵地。

• On Holy Thursday he stole into Orléans cathedral to find it blazing with candles and flowers.

  在一个圣星期二他偷偷跑到奥尔良教堂，看见了闪耀的蜡烛和鲜花。

• Once we had finished making it, we started off with a few virgin white candles around us in a circle.

  一做好占卜板，我们就开始玩了，首先是用几支全新的白色蜡烛绕着我们围成一个圈。

• Candle There are ten candles on his birthday cake.

  他的生日蛋糕上有是十枝蜡烛。

• Do not use matches or candles after an earthquake until you are certain that no gas leaks exist.

  不要在地震后使用火柴或蜡烛,除非你能确定没有瓦斯泄漏。

• Then, although it was still broad daylight,--it was summer,-- he lighted them. In the same way candles are to be seen lighted in broad daylight in chambers where there is a corpse.

  他在一个抽屉里取出两支蜡烛插在烛台上，于是，虽然天还亮着，当时是夏天，他把蜡烛点起来，在有死人的房里有时大白天就这样点着蜡烛的。

• Several candles lightened the darkness of the basement.

  几支蜡烛照亮了黑暗的地下室。