音标：['kændl]
n. 蜡烛
vt. 对着光检查
【医】 烛, 烛光
相关词组:
burn the candle at both ends
hide one's candle under a bushel
hold a candle to the sun
not worth the candle

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candle的短语、例句：

candle n 1 round stick of wax with a wick through it which is lit to give light as it burns 蜡烛. =>illus 见插图. 2 (idm 习语) burn the candle at both ends => burn2. the game is not worth the candle => game1. not hold a candle to sb/sth (infml 口) be inferior to sb/sth 比不上某人[某事物]
She writes quite amusing stories but she can´t hold a candle to the more serious novelists. 她能写些很有趣的故事, 但是比不上那些写出内容能发人深省的小说家.