hurricane lamp
飓风灯,飓风台灯,飓风之灯,台灯
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- : a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
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“We dealt with so many problems when we were shooting in New York, like trying to shoot during Hurricane Sandy,” says Esco.
The absent turkey had been blown clean away in the hurricane force winds, I concluded.
Another Dem who has been just a heart-beat (or a lamp bash) away from being president.
“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
Leaving the moribund Eddie, Frank crosses paths with a black deliveryman, and they talk about hurricane survivors.
He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
Maybe it didn't feel good to be on the hurricane deck of a good horse once more!
Now he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand.
Martini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.