单词	sconce
释义	sconcesconce /skɒns $ skɑːns/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsconce Origin: 1300-1400 Old French esconse ‘screen for a light’, from escondre ‘to hide’, from Latin abscondere; ➔ ABSCOND Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Athelstan led Cranston round the church, stopped, and told the coroner to wait until he fetched a sconce torch. Benjamin pushed me in, locking the door behind us, and lit two sconce torches. I came out here with a sconce torch. Multi-bracketed candelabra placed along the centre helped the sconce torches to bathe the room in light. The lamps on it were fake candles, set in sconces like upturned lion's paws. Using the lantern, Apanage lit candles set in sconces on the wall. Why are the candle sconces mounted like that on the armrests? 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