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singing can't hold a candle to Pavarottfs.

与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。一more at burn v.，worth flc/j. candle-light /'kaendllait/ noun [u] the light that a candle produces 烛光：to read by cancHdight 在烛光下

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candle-lit /'kaendllit/ adj. [only before noun] lit by candles 烛光的：a romantic cand/dit dinner浪漫的烛光晚餐 candle-stick /'kaendlstik/ noun an object for holding a candle 蜡烛台（或架）一picture light candle-wick /'kaendlwik/ noun [U] a type of soft cotton cloth with a raised pattern of threads, used especially for making bedspreads烛芯纱（有凸起花纹，尤用于制 作f罩）

,can-'do adj. [only before noun] {informal) willing to try new things and expecting that they will be successful 愿意尝试新事物且期望成功的：a can-do attitude/spirit

乐观态度/精神

cand-our (Br£) [NAmE can-dor) /'kaenda(r)/ noun [U] the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly 真诚；诚恳；坦率 BCEI frankness: 'l dorCt trust him,' he said, in a rare moment of candour. “我信不过他。” 他以难得的坦率说道。一see also candid C & W abbr. country and western candy Ow /'kaendi/ noun [U, C] [pi. -ies) {NAm^) sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this 糖果；巧克力；一块糖 (_或巧克力.）HTO sweet: a box 〇/candy 盒糖桌◊ a candy store 糖果店◊ a candy bar —条$克力.◊ Who wants the last piece of candy?谁想要这最后一块糖? —see also arm candy, eye candy be like taking ,candy from a 'baby (informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth像从娃娃手里抢糖吃；手到擒来；轻 而易举'

'candy apple noun {NAmE\ = toffee apple 'candy-ass noun [NAmE, slang) a person who gets fright­ened easily and therefore does not deserve respect

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candy-floss /'kaendiflDS； NAmE ~n〇:s; -fla:s/ {Br£) {NAmE .cotton 'candy) noun [U] a type of sweet/candy in the form of a masis of sticky threads made from melted sugar and served on a stick, especially at fairgrounds

(尤指游乐场出售的）棉花糖

candy-man /'kaendimaen/ noun {US, slang) a person who sells illegal drugs 毒品贩+

’candy-striped oof/.丨of doth or clothes 布料或衣服)with a pattern of white and pink stripes 有粉占俞3条k的 cane /kein/ noun, verb

• noun 1 [C] the hard hollow stem of some plants, for example bamboo or sugar (某些植物，如竹無甘蔗的） ^ 2 [U] these stems used as a material for making furniture，etc.(用于制作家具等的）竹竿.藤条：a cane chair 藤椅 3 [C] a piece of cane or a thin stick, used to help sb to walk 丹杖；藤杖.；手杖一see also walking stick 4 [C】a piece of Cane or a thin stick, used in the past in some schools for beating children as a punishment (旧时学校用于惩罚学童的 > 竹杖，藤条： to get the cane (= be punished with a can6).受赫条鞭罚 务 verb [VN] to hit a child with a cane as a punishment 用 藤条鞭打，用藤杖打，鞭笞（作为惩罚> ►calling {U, C]： the aboiitfon o/can〖ng in schools 学校中鞭笞体罚 的废除

'cane rat noun a type of large rodent found in wild areas of Africa, which can be used for food 蔗鼠（分布 于非洲荒野，其肉可食）一see also CUTTING GRASS 'cane sugar noun [U] sugar obtained from the juice of SUGARCANE 蔗糖 ca-nine /'keinain/ adj., noun

■                  connected with dogs 犬的；.似犬的

■                  noun 1 (also canine tooth) one of the four pointed teeth in the front of a human’s or animal’s mouth .(人 或动物的.）犬齿.一compare incisor, molar 2 {formal) a dog^t

can-is-ter /'kaBmsta(r)/ noun 1 a container with a lid for holding tea, coffee, etc.(装茶叶、咖啡等有盖的）小罐 2 a strong metal container containing gas or a chem-