wick 专八

It’s very hard to turn the wick up and down.

这灯芯很难旋上旋下。

Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea.

玛撒快满百了，却敏捷得像只跳蚤。

The boss gets on my wick with his everlasting complaints about timekeeping. And he thinks nothing of rolling up to the office at ten o'clock himself.

上司总是抱怨说我们不守时, 真令我烦透了。可是他10点钟才到办公室却一点也不在乎。