candle
n. 蜡烛 vt. 对着光检查
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教材释义与例句
蜡烛；烛光；烛形物
a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
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释义与例句
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A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
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light a candle
blow out the candles on the birthday cake
snuff out the candle
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The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
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A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
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A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
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Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.
习语That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
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To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
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To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
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To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
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词源
From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.
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