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单词 candlestick
释义
candlestick
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæn.dəl.stɪk/us
/ˈkæn.dəl.stɪk/
anobjectthatholdsacandle
烛台（或架）
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(Definition ofcandlestickfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Candles beyond number were held in branches of candlesticks.
  • On high pedestals at head and foot of her magnificent couch the pale flames rose from tarnished golden candlesticks.
  • On it stood a round wooden clock and a pair of wooden candlesticks.
  • She shielded it carefully with her hand from the door draught, and succeeded in lighting a candle in one of a pair of brass candlesticks which stood on the shelf.
  • Shortly after nine o'clock the innkeeper entered the room with a candlestick, which he placed on the table.

candlestick| American Dictionary

candlestick
noun[C]
us
/ˈkæn·dəlˌstɪk/
atallbasefor acandle:
Thesilvercandlesticksgleamedon thetable.
(Definition ofcandlestickfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcandlestick

candlestick
Others were probably present, for example the hebdomadary acolyte who at the end brought the candlesticks and extinguished candles from the altar in the baptistery back to the treasury.
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Are they to be kept as an absolute shell, or will there be some brass candlesticks, crosses and lamps in them?
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We have the baker, so presumably the next one was thecandlestickmaker.
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That is what the butcher, the baker, and thecandlestick-maker would do.
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I remember seeing two enormous candlesticks, about 4 ft.
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He then started to blame the butcher, the baker and thecandlestick-maker for the lack of justice being done.
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In short, people simply collected the money to give away to the landlord, the grocer, the baker, thecandlestick-maker and so on.
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It is not like the railway pensions fund, which owns pictures, candlesticks and all kinds of things.
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The other consistent thread has been the remorseless pursuit of the short term, whether it be office blocks, oil paintings or gold candlesticks.
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I inquired why there were lovely supermarkets but no greengrocer, no butcher, no baker, not even acandlestickmaker.
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The rule will affect the butcher, the baker and thecandlestick-maker in all our communities.
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We want to do away with the present possibility of an undertaker orcandlestick-maker calling himself an architect.
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One offered the vicar two large golden candlesticks to go on the altar.
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Now everyone, including grocers,candlestick-makers and so on, has clients; they no longer have customers.
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One wonders whether it also includes acandlestickmaker and a butcher.
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