girandole

n. (装饰用的)枝形烛台, 旋转烟火, 旋转喷水嘴

发音

US /ˈdʒɪrənˌdoʊl/
UK /ˈd͡ʒɪɹəndəʊl/

词形变化

girandoles 复数 girandoles

别名

girandola

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...

  2. 2.

    A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

girandola

上位词 2

candlestick candleholder

词源

From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (“to turn, gyrate”).

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