candle英语发音

candle的读音发音是英 [ˈkændl]、美 [ˈkændl]。

candle 词典解释：

1、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、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、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. 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.

Candle双语例句：

1、She blew out the candle and groped her way to the door.

她吹灭了蜡烛，摸索着走到门口。

2、The flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes.

忽明忽暗的烛光引起了我们的注意。

3、The candle was dripping wax down one side.

蜡烛的一侧在滴油。

4、The candle was stuck in a straw-covered bottle.

蜡烛插在盖着稻草的瓶子上。

5、The candle in the saucer had burned out.

茶碟里的蜡烛已经烧灭了。

6、A breeze snuffed out the candle.

一阵风吹灭了蜡烛。

7、Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。

8、The candle cast a flickering light on the wall.

摇曳不定的烛光映照在墙面上。

9、A gust of wind blew out the candle.

一阵风把蜡烛吹灭了。

10、No one can hold a candle to him in eloquence.

他的口才无人匹敌。