| 单词 | candle |
| 释义 | candle (once / 196 pages) 1n 2n 3v WORD FAMILY candle: candled, candles, candling USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the Jewish High Holy days arrived the following year, she lighted candles and said Kaddish for him. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) “The cause is undetermined but we’re pretty sure it was electrical in nature, or a candle,” said Knowles, the fire chief. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) It also features a screening of a 2008 documentary film, “The Black Candle,” about the creation and growth of Kwanzaa. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n stick of wax with a wick in the middle 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper taper, wax light chandlery candles and other commodities sold by a chandler dipa candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow rush candle, rushlighta tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick vigil candle, vigil lighta candle lighted by a worshiper in a church lamp an artificial source of visible illumination n the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin 3Syn|Hyper candela, cd, standard candle candlepower unit, luminous intensity unit a measure of luminous intensity v examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light Hyper examine, see observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
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