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  • n. 蜡烛芯; 灯芯
  • [英] 蜡烛芯 ( a piece of twisted thread in a candle, which burns as the wax melts) 灯芯 ( a length of material in an oil lamp which draws up oil while burning)

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kI. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English weke, wicke, from Old English wēoce; akin to Old High German wiohha wick, Middle Irish figid he weaves
  • Date: before 12th century
  • a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles

II. transitive verb

  • Date: 1949
  • to absorb or drain (as a fluid or moisture) like a wick <a fabric that wicks away perspiration>


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