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灯心,烛花,导火线

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wick \Wick\, or Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[=i]c village, fr. L.
   vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[=i]k an
   inlet, creek, bay. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Villa}.]
   1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of
      work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in
      composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow.

   2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
      flanked by the stones of previous players.

Wick \Wick\, n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf.
   D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG.
   wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain origin.]
   A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord,
   tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads,
   which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the
   oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other
   material used for illumination, in small successive portions,
   to be burned.

         But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light
         goes out, and wick is thrown away.       --Spenser.

Wick \Wick\, v. i. (Curling)
   To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wick
     n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
     2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
        fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {taper}]