| 单词 | wick |
| 释义 | wick 1. n. 1. a strip or thread of fibrous or spongy material feeding a flame with fuel in a candle, lamp, etc. 2. Surgery a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. Phrases and idioms dip one's wick coarse sl. (of a man) have sexual intercourse. get on a person's wick Brit. colloq. annoy a person. Etymology: OE weoce, -weoc (cf. MDu. wiecke, MLG weke), of unkn. orig. 2. n. dial. exc. in compounds e.g. bailiwick, and in place-names e.g. Hampton Wick, Warwick 1 a town, hamlet, or district. 2. a dairy farm. Etymology: OE wic, prob. f. Gmc f. L vicus street, village |
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