英语词汇“wick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

wick

释义

wick¹ /wik/

noun

The twisted threads of cotton or other substance in a candle, lamp or lighter, which draw up the inflammable liquid to the flame
Any strip of material that draws up liquid by capillary action

transitive verb

To draw up (liquid) in this way

ORIGIN: OE wēoce, wēoc; allied to Du wick a roll of lint, Ger Wieche

dip one's wick (vulgar sl; of a man)

To have sexual intercourse

get on someone's wick (informal)

To irritate someone

noun

A creek

ORIGIN: ON vīk a bay

noun

A village or town (dialect)
A farm (dialect)
As sfx /-ik or -wik/ (also -wich /-ij, -ich or -wich/) in Berwick, Greenwich, etc

ORIGIN: OE wīc, prob an old Gmc borrowing from L vīcus a village

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To strike (a stone) in an oblique direction

ORIGIN: Perh OE wīcan to bend, yield, give way

adjective

Wicked

ORIGIN: OE wicca wizard, wicce witch

adjective

Lively and energetic

ORIGIN: Variant of quick

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