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light a candle
She lit a candle to create a cozy atmosphere.
她点了一根蜡烛来营造舒适的氛围。
蜡烛
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蜡烛
A stick of wax, tallow, or paraffin with a wick through it that burns to give light.
She lit a candle to create a cozy atmosphere.
她点了一根蜡烛来营造舒适的氛围。
由浸在蜡、动物脂或石蜡等固体可燃物质中的灯芯组成的光源。
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
中间有灯芯的蜡棒
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
过滤器(尤其是水过滤器)的突出可拆卸部分。
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
国际单位制中发光强度的基本单位,等于2046开尔文温度下黑体每平方厘米发光强度的六十分之一
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
She lit a candle to create a cozy atmosphere.
她点燃了一支蜡烛，营造出温馨的氛围。
We put candles on the birthday cake and sang 'Happy Birthday'.
我们把蜡烛插在生日蛋糕上，唱了《生日快乐歌》。
The candle burned for hours, filling the room with a vanilla scent.
蜡烛燃烧了几个小时，房间里弥漫着香草味。
She lit a candle to create a cozy atmosphere.
她点了一根蜡烛来营造舒适的氛围。
He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
他吹灭了生日蛋糕上的蜡烛。
The candle flickered in the draft.
蜡烛在风中闪烁不定。
They burned candles during the power outage.
停电时他们点着蜡烛。
Not this
I bought candle yesterday.
Use this
I bought a candle yesterday.
汉语没有不定冠词，学习者容易忽略可数名词前的冠词。英语中，可数名词单数前通常需要不定冠词 'a' 或 'an'，因此 'candle' 前应加上 'a'。
Not this
There are many candle on the table.
Use this
There are many candles on the table.
汉语名词没有复数形式，学习者易忘记在可数名词后加 '-s' 表示复数。'many' 后应跟可数名词复数 'candles'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
点燃蜡烛
She lit a candle to create a cozy atmosphere.
她点了一根蜡烛来营造温馨的氛围。
吹灭蜡烛
He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
他吹灭了生日蛋糕上的蜡烛。
烛焰
The candle flame flickered in the draft.
烛焰在风中摇曳。
烛台
She placed the candle in a silver candle holder.
她把蜡烛放在银烛台里。
烛蜡
The candle wax dripped onto the table.
烛蜡滴在了桌子上。
烛光
They had dinner by candle light.
他们借着烛光吃晚餐。
过分消耗精力
He's been burning the candle at both ends studying for finals.
他为了期末考试一直在过分消耗精力。
远不如，不能与…相比
Her cooking doesn't hold a candle to her mother's.
她的厨艺远不如她母亲。
在我看来，你的一生就像风中之烛
The candle flickered as the wind blew.
风吹过时，蜡烛闪烁不定。
我的蜡烛两头烧；它不会亮到天亮；但啊，我的敌人，还有哦，我的朋友们——它发出可爱的光芒！
She burned the candle at both ends to finish the project.
她为了完成项目而过度消耗精力。
Use candle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
candle音似'看抖'，想象蜡烛火焰在抖动。
常见场景：日常照明、宗教仪式、浪漫氛围 蜡烛多用于日常照明、宗教仪式或营造浪漫氛围，属于中性偏常见语域
Words like 'handle' and 'sandal' share the same ending '-andle' and are perfect rhymes with 'candle' (all pronounced /-ændl/). However, spell-check lookalikes such as 'candor' (/ˈkændər/) or 'kindle' (/ˈkɪndl/) have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.