wick

芯、灯芯

ろうそくや油のランプで、燃料を吸い上げて燃え、光を出す糸。

やさしい英語で： The thread inside a candle or oil lamp that draws up fuel and burns to produce light.

• Light the wick with a match.
• She trimmed the candle's wick before lighting it.
• The lamp went out because its wick was too short.

よく使う表現： candle wick, lamp wick, light the wick, trim the wick

吸液芯、ガーゼドレーン

液体を吸って通す細い素材。傷の液を排出するために使うこともある。

やさしい英語で： A strip of material that draws liquid through itself, sometimes placed in a wound to remove fluid.

• The wick draws water into the soil.
• A nurse placed a gauze wick in the wound.
• Remove the wick when the fluid stops draining.

よく使う表現： gauze wick, drainage wick, insert a wick, absorbent wick

吸い上げる、吸い取る

素材が液体を吸い込んだり、細かな隙間を通して運び去ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： If a material does this, it draws liquid into itself or carries it away through tiny spaces.

• This fabric wicks moisture away.
• The cotton cord wicked water into the pot.
• Choose a shirt that wicks sweat away from your body.

使い方： wick something away from something (The fabric wicks sweat away from your skin.)

類義語： draw off, draw up

よく使う表現： wick away moisture, wick sweat away, wick water