wick
noun /wɪk/
/wɪk/
Idioms - enlarge imagethe piece of string in the centre of a candle that you light so that the candle burns
烛芯 - the piece of material in an oil lamp that takes in the oil and that you light so that the lamp burns
灯芯
词源Old English wēoce, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wiek and German Wieche ‘wick yarn’.
Idioms
get on somebody’s wick
- (British English, informal) to annoy somebody
激怒(某人);招惹(某人)