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candle

noun
 
🔊/ˈkændl/
🔊/ˈkændl/
Idioms
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  1. a round stick of wax with a piece of string (called a wick) through the middle that is lit to give light as it burns蜡烛
    • a flickering candle摇曳的烛光
    • The room was lit by candles.那个房间用蜡烛照明。
    • to blow out/snuff out a candle吹灭蜡烛
    see also votive candle
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lighted
    • lit
    • flickering
    • …
    verb + candle
    • light
    • blow out
    • extinguish
    • …
    candle + verb
    • burn
    • illuminate something
    • light something
    • …
    candle + noun
    • flame
    • wax
    • holder
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English candel, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white or glisten’.
Idioms
burn the candle at both ends
  1. to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early过度劳累；起早贪黑而疲惫不堪
cannot hold a candle to somebody/something
  1. is not as good as somebody or something else不如…好；比不上…；无法与…媲美
    • His singing can't hold a candle to Bocelli's.他的演唱无法与波切利媲美。🔊🔊
(the game is) not worth the candle
  1. (old-fashioned, saying) the advantages to be gained from doing something are not great enough, considering the effort or cost involved得不偿失；代价太高
    • If the price goes up again, he may decide that the game’s not worth the candle.如果价格再次上涨，他可能会认为该游戏不值得。