candle

英 [ˈkændl]

美 [ˈkændl]

n. 蜡烛

复数：candles　现在分词：candling　过去式：candled　第三人称单数：candles　过去分词：candled　

Collins.2 / BNC.4173 / COCA.3928

习惯用语

cannot hold a candle to sb/sth

burn the candle at both ends

过度劳累；起早贪黑而疲惫不堪
to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early

(the game is) not worth the candle

得不偿失；代价太高
the advantages to be gained from doing sth are not great enough, considering the effort or cost involved

noun

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

N-COUNT 蜡烛
Acandleis 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.
1. The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
  卧室里只点了一支蜡烛。
一根蜡烛两头烧;起早摸黑地干;过度耗费精力
If youburn 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.
PHRASE 远不如;比…逊色许多
If you say that one person or thingcan't hold a candle toanother, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
1. 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。
不值得;划不来
If you say thatthe game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.

noun

stick of wax with a wick in the middle
Synonym:taperwax light
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonym:candelacdstandard candle

verb