英语词汇“candle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	candle
释义	can·dle I. \ˈkand^əl, -ˈaa-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English candel, from Old English, from Latin candela, from candēre to shine — more at candid 1. : a long slender cylindrical mass typically of tallow or wax containing a wick of loosely twisted linen or cotton threads made by dipping or by casting in a metal mold and burned to give light 2. : something that gives light; specifically : a heavenly body < he that can count the candles of the sky — Richard Linche > 3. : a medicated candle or pastille used for fumigation 4. a. : an international unit of luminous intensity equal to the luminous intensity of five square millimeters of platinum at its solidification point of 1773.5° C — called also international candle b. : a similar unit equal to one sixtieth of the luminous intensity of one square centimeter of a blackbody surface at the solidification point of platinum : a unit about 98.1 percent of a candle (sense 4 a) — called also candela, new candle 5. : filter 1b 6. : a device for emitting thick colored smoke for various military purposes • - by the candle II. transitive verb (candled ; candled ; candling \-d(^ə)liŋ\ ; candles) : to examine by holding between the eye and a light; especially : to test (eggs) in this way for staleness, blood clots, fertility, and growth
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