1. 1(蠟燭、油燈的)燈芯

    A wick is the string in the middle of a candle. It soaks up the melted wax and burns, giving the candle its flame. Oil lamps have wicks too.

From the word’s history

From Middle English weke, from Old English wēoce 'wick'.

源自古英文 wēoce「燭芯」。

Wiktionary

原始詞典資料40 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Wickname詞源 1

  • 1

    A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

  • 2

    A river in Caithness, Highland council area that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea; in full, the Wick River.

Wickname詞源 2

  • 1

    A number of places in England:

  • 2

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  • 3

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  • 5

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  • 8

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另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A number of places in England:

  • 10

    A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9272).

  • 11

    An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.

  • 12

    An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.

  • 13

    A surname from Old English.

wicknoun詞源 1/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

    • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
    • Theſe cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing ſauyng that Henequen is leſſe and of a fyner ſubſtaunce as it were line: And the other is groſſer lyke the wycke or twyſte of hempe, and is imperfecte in compariſon to the other.
  • 2

    A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

    • There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […]
  • 3

    A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

  • 4

    slangOften in dip one's wick: the penis.

    • His wick was stone stiff.
    • Thrusting his head out of a miniature waterfall, Di asked, 'You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?' / 'A bit of what?' / 'Dipping your wick, man!' / This was unlike the staid, chapel-going Di I thought I knew. 'I'm careful where I dip my wick, mate. Got a bit of respect for it.'

wickverb詞源 1/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

    • The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
  • 2

    Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.

  • 3

    Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

    • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.

wicknoun詞源 2/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    A hamlet or village; also, a town.

    • And by report, there vvere eight thouſand Gaules there ſlaine: the reſt abandoned the vvarre, and ſlipt every one into their ovvne vvickes and villages.
  • 2

    A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.

    • Note a fearme [farm] in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancaſhire a Fermeholt, in Eſſex a Wike.
    • Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying ‘wick’—stands alone in the fields.
  • 3

    obsoleteAn enclosed piece of land; a close.

wickadj詞源 3/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).

    • Well! yo must know I were in th' Infirmary for a fever, and times were rare and bad; and there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after.
    • Thinks Abey, t' oud codger 'll nivver smoak t' trick, / I'll swop wi' him my poor deead horse for his wick, […]

wicknoun詞源 3/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    dialectalA maggot.

  • 2

    dialectalagriculturebusinesshorticultureThe growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

    • Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
  • 3

    dialectalagriculturebusinesshorticultureThe part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.

  • 4

    obsoletedialectalLife; also, liveliness.

wicknoun詞源 4/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    obsoletedialectalA angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.

    • [H]ee vvould therefore haue you to make ſome expert Horſe farrier, to ſlit vp the vveekes of your Horſes mouth, equallie on both ſides of his cheekes, vvith a ſharpe rayſor, and then to ſeare it vvith a hot yron, and ſo heale it in ſuch ſorte, as the ſydes thereof may no more grovv together, but appeare like a natural mouth: to vvhome I make this anſvvere, that I imagine neither hee, nor any other Horſe-man hath heere in England ſeene a horſe of that ſhallovvneſſe of mouth, vvhich vvold not giue place for a reaſonable bytt to lie in; […]
    • Croudy hung his head to one side, and chuckled, and crowed, and laid on the ground with his staff; and always now and then cast a sly look-out at the wick of his eye to Pery.
  • 2

    obsoletedialectalA grove; also, a hollow.

wicknoun詞源 5/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    ball-gamescurlinggamesA shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.

  • 2

    ball-gamescurlinggamesSynonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).

wickverb詞源 5/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    ball-gamescurlinggamesTo strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

    • He vvas the king of a' the Core, / To guard, or dravv, or vvick a bore, […]
  • 2

    ball-gamescurlinggamesTo strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

wicknoun詞源 6/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    ball-gamescurlinggamesAn inlet, such as a creek or small bay.

    • The power thou dost covet / O'er tempest and wave, / Shall be thine, thou proud maiden, / By beach and by cave,— / By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe, / By air and by wick, and by helyer and gio, / And by every wild shore which the northern winds know, / And the northern tides lave.

wicknoun詞源 7/ˈwɪk/

  • 1

    ball-gamescurlinggamesA basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.

    • A captive fish still fills the anxious eyes / And willow-wicks lie ready for the prize; […]
  • 2

    ball-gamescurlinggamesWickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • wick-tooth

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