candle

noun

1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

Synonym: taperwax light

2. 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

Synonym: candelacdstandard candle

verb

1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

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.

e.g. 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.

candle

e.g. 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.

1. 烛,烛光：最新的蜡烛(烛光)(Candle)型过滤芯硅藻土过滤机,过滤部件间的间隙小,只有30μm(比通常的硅藻土过滤机50~70μm小). 这种新型过滤机的硅藻土预涂层不需要熔化助剂的烧制品,采用中等助剂一次预涂即可,既缩短了预涂助剂的时间,