/'kændl; `kændl/
n
1 round stick of wax with a wick through it which is lit to give light as it burns 蜡烛. =>illus 见插图.
2 (idm 习语) burn the candle at both ends => burn2. the game is not worth the candle => game1. not hold a candle to sb/sth (infml 口) be inferior to sb/sth 比不上某人[某事物]
*She writes quite amusing stories but she can't hold a candle to the more serious novelists. 她能写些很有趣的故事, 但是比不上那些写出内容能发人深省的小说家.

n[C]
flame, wax, wick
[Date: 600-700; Language: Latin;Origin: candela, from candere; CANDID]
a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
can't hold a candle to sb/sthinformal
if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person
　No other singer can hold a candle to her.
→burn the candle at both endsatburn¹ (19)