candles

美 [ˈkændəlz]英 [ˈkændlz]
  • n.蜡烛
  • candle的复数
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  • 1
    N-COUNT 蜡烛
    A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.

    The bedroom was lit by a single candle.

    卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。

  • 2
    PHRASE 一根蜡烛两头烧;起早摸黑地干;过度耗费精力
    If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.

  • 3
    PHRASE 远不如;比…逊色许多
    If you say that one person or thing can't hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.

    Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.

    如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。

  • 4
    PHRASE 不值得;划不来
    If you say that the game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.

  1. She blew out the candles at one go .

    她一口气把蜡烛全吹灭了。

  2. Candles on the table gave the evening a sense of occasion .

    桌上点了一些蜡烛,使得那个晚上有一种特别的气氛。

  3. She could just see by the light of the candle .

    她借着烛光勉强能看见。

  4. We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle .

    黑暗中,我们东跌西撞地找蜡烛。

  5. A candle had set the curtains on fire .

    蜡烛把窗帘燃起来了。

  6. The candles shed a soft glow on her face .

    蜡烛在她的脸上映着一层柔光。

  7. The candles are arranged like so .

    蜡烛都是像这样排列的。

  8. Candles come in all shapes and sizes .

    有各种形状和大小的蜡烛供应。

  9. The candles were burning low .

    蜡烛快点完了。

  10. Half the candle had burnt away .

    那根蜡烛烧掉了一半。

  11. Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle .

    熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。

  12. His singing can 't hold a candle to Pavarotti 's.

    他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。

  13. She lit a candle .

    她点着了蜡烛。

  14. The candles were lit .

    蜡烛都点着了。

  15. The candles glimmered in the corner .

    烛光在角落里忽明忽暗地闪烁。

  16. The only wall decorations are candles and a single mirror

    墙上唯一的装饰是几支蜡烛和一面镜子。

  17. They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them .

    冬天眼看就要到了,他们不得不把蜡烛省着用。

  18. Perhaps the most unusual feature in the room is an extraordinary pair of candles .

    也许,这间屋子最与众不同之处就是一对非同寻常的蜡烛。

  19. At the festival , candles are blessed and sprinkled with holy water

    在节日里,要对蜡烛祝圣,并洒以圣水。

  20. The bedroom was lit by a single candle .

    卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。

  21. The light from my candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls .

    我的烛光将他拉长的影子投射在墙上。

  22. The candle had burned right down

    这根蜡烛完全烧尽了。

  23. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets .

    流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。

  24. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture

    彩色蜡烛在家具上留下一摊摊蜡油。

  25. Girls today can 't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties .

    如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。

  26. After drawing the curtains , she lit a candle

    拉上窗帘后,她点燃了蜡烛。

  27. I blew out the candle .

    我把蜡烛吹灭了。

  28. Under the pretence of lighting a candle , she evades him and disappears

    她假装点蜡烛,避开他消失了。

  29. Tenzin snuffed out the candle .

    丹津掐灭了蜡烛。

  30. The candle on the table emitted dim light .

    桌子上的蜡烛发出微弱的光。