wick
n
1
(a) length of thread in the centre of a candle, the top end of which is lit and burns as the wax melts 蠟燭心. =>illus at candle 見candle插圖.
(b) flat or rounded length of woven material by which oil is drawn up to be burnt, in oil-lamps, oil-stoves and some types of cigarette lighter 燈心; (某些類型的打火機(jī)的)油繩
trim the wick of a lamp 修剪燈心.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) get on sb's `wick (Brit infml 口) irritate sb continually 不斷招惹某人.