wick

mecha, pabilo

Hilo de una vela o lámpara de aceite que absorbe combustible y arde para dar luz.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: candle wick, lamp wick, light the wick, trim the wick

mecha, tira de drenaje

Tira de material que absorbe y transporta líquido, a veces colocada en una herida para drenar fluidos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: gauze wick, drainage wick, insert a wick, absorbent wick

absorber, evacuar por capilaridad

Absorber un líquido o transportarlo a través de pequeños espacios, dicho de un material.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: wick something away from something (The fabric wicks sweat away from your skin.)

Sinónimos: draw off, draw up

Expresiones frecuentes: wick away moisture, wick sweat away, wick water