candle

US [ˈkænd(ə)l]
UK ['kænd(ə)l]
  • n.蜡烛
  • v.用亮光检查(鸡蛋的)好坏
  • Web烛光；烛形物；蜡蠋
Plural Form：candles  

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Candle
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1.
蜡烛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
IDM
His singing can't hold a candle to Bocelli's.
他的演唱无法与波切利媲美。
cannot hold a candle to sb/sth
不如…好；比不上…；无法与…媲美is not as good as sb or sth else
His singing can't hold a candle to Bocelli's.
他的演唱无法与波切利媲美。

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AllAll,蜡烛蜡烛,用亮光检查好坏用亮光检查好坏,烛光烛光,烛形物烛形物,蜡蠋蜡蠋
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Caroline took a candle , and went quietly all over the house , seeing that every window was fast and every door barred .
卡罗琳拿了一支蜡烛，悄悄地到各处巡视一番，看看每扇门窗是否关严闩牢。
kǎ luó lín ná le yī zhī là zhú , qiāo qiāo de dào gè chù xún shì yì fān , kàn kan měi shàn mén chuāng shì fǒu guān yán shuān láo 。
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Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
分离会减少渺小的爱，却会增加伟大的爱，正如风吹灭蜡烛，却吹旺了篝火。
fēn lí huì jiǎn shǎo miǎo xiǎo de ài , què huì zēng jiā wěi dà de ài , zhèng rú fēng chuī miè là zhú , què chuī wàng le gōu huǒ 。
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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?
自己动手为元宵节做盏灯笼。利用可乐罐和蜡烛就是个不错的创意呢。
zì jǐ dòng shǒu wèi yuán xiāo jié zuò zhǎn dēng long 。 lì yòng kě lè guàn hé là zhú jiù shì gè bú cuò de chuàng yì ne 。
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Then I saw the light of his candle approaching through the darkness, and he appeared, looking pale and depressed.
然后我看到他举着蜡烛从黑暗中走来，他脸色苍白、神情沮丧。
rán hòu wǒ kàn dào tā jǔ zhe là zhú cóng hēi àn zhōng zǒu lái , tā liǎn sè cāng bái 、 shén qíng jǔ sàng 。
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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.
而我好希望当时能够认识你，但是那时我只是个孩子。你的烛火虽已烧尽，但传奇将流传下去。
ér wǒ hǎo xī wàng dāng shí néng gòu rèn shi nǐ , dàn shì nà shí wǒ zhǐ shì gè hái zi 。 nǐ de zhú huǒ suī yǐ shāo jìn , dàn chuán qí jiāng liú chuán xià qù 。
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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.
如果我是你的话会小心蜡烛，不然到时候被你烧死的人就算报仇了。
rú guǒ wǒ shì nǐ de huà huì xiǎo xīn là zhú , bù rán dào shí hòu bèi nǐ shāo sǐ de rén jiù suàn bào chóu le 。
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And it seems to me you lived your life, Like a candle in the wind.
我总认为你的一生就像是风中之烛。
wǒ zǒng rèn wéi nǐ de yì shēng jiù xiàng shì fēng zhōng zhī zhú 。
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Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and fans a bonfire.
匮乏压抑了人的小欲望而强化了重大的欲望，就如风吹灭蜡烛而煽旺篝火一样。
kuì fá yā yì le rén de xiǎo yù wàng ér qiáng huà le zhòng dà de yù wàng , jiù rú fēng chuī miè là zhú ér shān wàng gōu huǒ yí yàng 。
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9.
Light a candle, close your eyes, and take a few minutes each day to invite positivity into your day.
不妨每天点根蜡烛，然后闭上眼睛，花几分钟冥想，进而让外界的积极因素融入你的身心。
bù fáng měi tiān diǎn gēn là zhú , rán hòu bì shàng yǎn jing , huā jǐ fēn zhōng míng xiǎng , jìn ér ràng wài jiè de jī jí yīn sù róng rù nǐ de shēn xīn 。
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Mans life is often compared to a candle.
人生常被喻为蜡烛。
rén shēng cháng bèi yù wéi là zhú 。
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