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candlelight

/kan-dl-lahyt/US // ˈkæn dlˌlaɪt //UK // (ˈkændəlˌlaɪt) //

烛光,烛火,蜡烛光

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the light of a candle.
    • : a dim artificial light.
    • : twilight; dusk.

Examples

  • She has prepared a special evening that consists of dessert for two over candlelight, a gift and an announcement.

  • The men huddled in the passageway in the flickering candlelight.

  • Just see the candlelight on her face and just stare at her and just order dinner and never eat.

  • On Sunday night, a man was fatally shot near where a candlelight vigil was being held for Ocran.

  • The Haunting of Bly Manor ostensibly works off of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, a novella I love so much that I make it a point to re-read it on Halloween, sometimes in the dark by candlelight.

  • The conference had already scheduled a candlelight vigil for those who died of AIDS.

  • Obama happened to be in town the following Thursday, when there was a candlelight vigil for Rushing.

  • We see Tarly and Maester Aemon sitting up by candlelight, “trading tales of lost love”—until Aemon cuts them short.

  • In other moments, she appears angelic, as candlelight dances on her cherubic cheeks.

  • The vibe of the chain has been described as “yoga-flavored” with parts of classes conducted by candlelight.

  • We no longer live in an age when down-trodden laborers meet by candlelight with the ban of the law upon their meeting.

  • The people dined by candlelight, and the darkness of the night is represented as Egyptian.

  • Then, just as the candlelight was gasping and shimmering blue in the bowl of the candlestick, he fell asleep.

  • In the bewitching candlelight the keyboard trembled and shimmered like water to a low wind.

  • She opened the door, standing in bold relief against the candlelight, and shot her hands far into the dark night.