foot-candle
脚灯,脚烛,脚踏实地,脚烛光
Definitions
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Optics.
- : a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC
Examples
Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.
In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.