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单词 candelabrum
释义 can·de·la·brum
\-brəm\ noun
(plural candela·bra \-brə\ ; also candelabrums \-brəmz\)
Etymology: Latin, from candela candle — more at candle
1.
 a. : a large candlestick or a lamp usually ornamented and having several arms or branches
  < taking a candelabrum with no less than six tapers in it — Hervey Allen >
  < oil for the eight-branched candelabrum — Maurice Samuel >
  < on the left … we found two fine candelabra — Arthur Milton >
  — compare chandelier
 b. : a usually ornate and often heavy and large standard supporting a candlestick or lamp
2.
 a. : a small decorated modified column or columnlike rib of molded profile
 b. : a design of which such a candelabrum forms the center
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