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复数：wicks 过去分词：wicked 现在分词：wicking 1. | 烛芯the piece of string in the centre of a candle which you light so that the candle burns |
2. | 灯芯the piece of material in an oil lamp which absorbs the oil and which you light so that the lamp burns |
1. | ~ sth (away) （指材料）吸干，吸取，吸走(of a material) to take small drops of liquid from an area and move them away |
| Wool socks wick away sweat. 羊毛袜吸汗。 |
n. | 1. a string or piece of fabric that uses capillary action to draw the fuel to the flame in a candle, oil lamp, or cigarette lighter 2. any piece of material that draws liquid up by capillary action, e.g. a strip of gauze put into a wound to drain it 3. the part inside an oil lamp that burns to produce light or heat | v. | 1. to take in or transfer liquid by capillary action, or be taken in or transferred in this way | un. | 1. town and port near the northeastern tip of Scotland. |
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