candle
美 [?kænd(?)l] 
英 ['kænd(?)l]
- n.蠟燭
- v.用亮光檢查(雞蛋的)好壞
- 網絡燭光；燭形物；蠟蠋
詞形變化
復數：candles 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 蠟燭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 |
習慣用語
cannot hold a candle to sb/sth
不如…好；比不上…；無法與…媲美is not as good as sb or sth else
| His singing can't hold a candle to Bocelli's. 他的演唱無法與波切利媲美。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Caroline took a candle , and went quietly all over the house , seeing that every window was fast and every door barred .
卡羅琳拿了一支蠟燭，悄悄地到各處巡視一番，看看每扇門窗是否關嚴閂牢。
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
分離會減少渺小的愛，卻會增加偉大的愛，正如風吹滅蠟燭，卻吹旺了篝火。
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?
自己動手為元宵節做盞燈籠。利用可樂罐和蠟燭就是個不錯的創意呢。
Then I saw the light of his candle approaching through the darkness, and he appeared, looking pale and depressed.
然后我看到他舉著蠟燭從黑暗中走來，他臉色蒼白、神情沮喪。
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.
而我好希望當時能夠認識你，但是那時我只是個孩子。你的燭火雖已燒盡，但傳奇將流傳下去。
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.
如果我是你的話會小心蠟燭，不然到時候被你燒死的人就算報仇了。
And it seems to me you lived your life, Like a candle in the wind.
我總認為你的一生就像是風中之燭。
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and fans a bonfire.
匱乏壓抑了人的小欲望而強化了重大的欲望，就如風吹滅蠟燭而煽旺篝火一樣。
Light a candle, close your eyes, and take a few minutes each day to invite positivity into your day.
不妨每天點根蠟燭，然后閉上眼睛，花幾分鐘冥想，進而讓外界的積極因素融入你的身心。
Mans life is often compared to a candle.
人生常被喻為蠟燭。
Then they went up to bed, and in their delirium of bliss they forgot and left the candle burning in the parlor .
然后他們上床去睡覺，由于高興得丟三落四，連客廳里的蠟燭都忘了吹滅。
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.
從她的臉上看，她倒真的有點兒像他說的那樣在撒嬌了，她努力想微笑起來，免得她說的話太嚴肅。
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”的工作人員圍繞蠟燭，為遇難同胞默哀，并彼此表達了他們悲痛的心情。
"Emm-anything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been womm-en out of candle-beams" (Edith Wharton).
“她四周的所有物體都發出柔和的光，仿佛她的衣服是由燭光織成的”（埃迪斯·瓦頓）。
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?
耶穌又對他們說，人拿燈來，豈是放在斗底下，床底下，不放在燈臺上嗎。
And with him went the monks and the musicians, and the candle-bearers, and the swingers of censers, and a great company.
與他同行的有僧侶、樂師、持蠟燭者、搖香爐者，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.
墻上的反光還不時顫動，好象是一種火焰的反射，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.
牛頓發明了一種點蠟燭的紙燈籠，在昏暗的冬天早晨上學時他就是打著這種燈照路。
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，叫喚主人，碰碰他的肩膀，可是他不動，于是，他拿支蠟燭看他。
"I prayed to her for money and promised her a candle, " I said.
‘我向她禱告要錢，保證過給她點根蠟燭。’
Long she leaned out in her freak dress, keen to burn her wings at life's candle.
她穿著件“奇裝”、憑窗佇立多時，一心要在生命的燭焰上燒掉自己的翅膀。
Again she lit a candle, and held the letter to the flame till it was all consumed.
她又點燃一枝蠟燭，把信舉在火焰上，直到它完全燒毀。
Job Legh took the candle up, and began a leisurely inspection.
約伯舉起了蠟燭，從容地審視她。
Somebody opened the door and the candle blew out.
有人打開了門，蠟燭就被吹滅了。
He would have turned down the candle.
他本想把蠟燭弄滅。
It goes out like a candle, quietly and gently.
它象一支蠟燭一樣，靜靜地、輕輕地熄滅了。
The candle flames wavered.
燭光閃動著。
His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.
他的演唱無法與帕瓦羅蒂媲美。
The candle's flame doused.
燭焰滅了。
The candle flickered and then went out.
那蠟燭閃爍不定，后來便熄滅了。
At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-candle and soap-boiler.
十歲頭上，我就被父親帶走，幫他干油燭和煮皂生意。
small passions and increases great ones, just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
離別減弱微弱的熱情，增強熾熱的激情，就象風吹滅蠟燭，旺盛篝火一樣。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.
但是這天晚上，他卻一吃完飯就拿起一支蠟燭，走進他的辦公室。
Thereupon, she got to her feet and, taking the candle, set it on the mantelpiece and looked at herself in the mirror.
她說完后就站起身，拿起蠟燭放在壁爐上，對著鏡子照著。
the candle lights light up the rainy night . all my tender greetings flows slowly , until they flood in the little river of your life.
燭光點燃的雨夜，潤濕溫馨的祝福，緩緩地流淌，漲滿你生命的小河。
Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
人喜歡伴侶，哪怕只是一根點著的小蠟燭也好。
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的退休女性說，她和丈夫驅車40英里帶來了她花園里載種的鮮花，以及一支她想要點燃的蠟燭。
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，就使我心中充滿樂歌，而不久上帝的亮光也照臨我。
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.
對我來說，你的一生，恰似風燭——即使大雨傾盆，光芒不隨夕陽湮滅。
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.
那是一種比藍天比大海還寬廣的胸懷，更是一種比太陽比蠟燭還偉大的無私的姿態。
Please forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.
請轉寄這封信給你所有認識的女性朋友，并一個接一個傳下去。
And the beauty of the pearl, winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle, cozened his brain with its beauty.
珍珠在小蠟燭的亮光中閃爍著，以它的美麗哄騙著他的腦子。
The little duchess sat on her aluminum throne at the dinner table, in the wondrous light of a candle.
在完美的燭光下，小女公爵坐在餐桌旁她的鋁制寶座上。
said the undertaker: raising the candle above his head, to get a better view of Oliver.
殯儀館老板說著，把蠟燭舉過頭頂，好把奧立弗看個仔細。
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.
他注意到有一個小天使的蠟燭沒有點亮。隨后，他看到那個拿著沒有點亮的蠟燭的小天使是自己的女兒。
In a twinkling the tree began to sputter and burn like a candle blown by the wind.
說時遲那時快，松樹開始熊熊燒起來，像風吹著的蠟燭。
The lamp is often made from ceramic, glass or marble with a small container for water that is heated by a tea light candle.
小蟲往往都是從陶瓷、玻璃或大理石與水就是一個小型集裝箱加熱茶蠟燭光。
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.
我對準胸膛等了一、二秒鐘，忽然房里的蠟燭、桌子和墻壁全都在我眼前晃動、旋轉起來。
Absence diminish little passion and Increase great one , just as the wind blow out a candle and fan a fire .
離別能使淺薄的感情削弱，但卻會使深摯的感情更加深厚。正如風之能吹滅燭火而卻會把火煽得更旺。
The Beeswax candle said arrogantly as if she was the hostess of the party.
蜂蠟蠟燭傲慢地說，就好像她已經是晚會的主人。
Dear friend: life is not a candle-light flickering in the wind but a torch igniting a new flame.
我的朋友，生活并不是微風中搖曳的燭光，而是點燃新火焰的火把。
