a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
v. 有主动词 verb
to draw off by capillary action.
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Second, it’s crucial that the hardwood floor cleaner you’ve chosen wicks away moisture as it works.
Your body temperature will run warmer since you’re moving more, so choose layers that breathe and wick moisture away.
It’s soft, feels nice against the skin, and wicks very well.
They needed to be actively removing atmospheric carbon, Wick said.
At that meeting, Wick declared that Zero Foodprint’s work offsetting restaurant greenhouse gases “wasn’t thinking big enough.”
A rather wonderful tribute to Joan Rivers greeted commuters at Hackney Wick Overground station in London this morning.
Commuters at Hackney Wick greeted by fond tribute to the late comedienne.
Dabbing wax on the coil or using hash oil on the wick also works.
Wick Allison speaks some truth to his fellow conservatives about fairness and how that translates to success at the ballot box.
One is "poor, obscure, plain and little"; the other is a "wild, wick slip."
The varnish will keep the melted tallow or wax from running away and it is used in the wick.
"Oh, I don't know," I replied carelessly, applying a match to the wick of my lamp and replacing the chimney.
I stay here lit-tle longer, and then I get wick-ker from Dafydd Dafis, and mend chairs, like my mother.
Madame Caravan immediately turned up the wick, a hollow sound ensued, and the light went out.
Mr. Wick, on his way to "Happy House" one very wet afternoon, in the beginning of November, gave way to pleasant dreams.