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单词 get on someone's wick
释义

wick1 /wik/

noun
  1. The twisted threads of cotton or other substance in a candle, lamp or lighter, which draw up the inflammable liquid to the flame
  2. 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

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