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lantern

/lan-tern/US // ˈlæn tərn //UK // (ˈlæntən) //

花灯,灯笼,灯盏,灯具

Related Words

beacon信标,烽火,烽火台,灯塔torch火炬,火把,手电筒,火炬手flashlight手电筒,闪光灯,手电,电筒light光,光线,光明,光照searchlight探照灯,搜救,搜查灯,搜集的资料gaslight煤气灯,气灯,气光,煤气灶hurricane lamp飓风灯,飓风台灯,飓风之灯,台灯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
    • : the chamber at the top of a lighthouse, surrounding the light.
    • : magic lantern.
    • : Architecture. a tall, more or less open construction admitting light to an enclosed area below.any light, decorative structure of relatively small size crowning a roof, dome, etc.an open-sided structure on a roof to let out smoke or to assist ventilation.
    • : a light, usually over the entrance to an elevator on each floor of a multistory building, that signals the approach of the elevator.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlamp
Synonyms
beacon信标,烽火,烽火台,灯塔flashlight手电筒,闪光灯,手电,电筒kerosene lamp煤油灯,火油灯,洋葱灯torch火炬,火把,手电筒,火炬手gaslight煤气灯,气灯,气光,煤气灶light光,光线,光明,光照searchlight探照灯,搜救,搜查灯,搜集的资料gas lamp气灯,气体灯,瓦斯灯,煤气灯hurricane lamp飓风灯,飓风台灯,飓风之灯,台灯

Examples

  • The lantern also has three brightness levels, and each facet can be adjusted using an included remote control.

  • You can easily collapse or expand the lantern to determine when you need it and how much light it should give off.

  • Paper lanterns hung above your patio dining area can bring a touch of romance to meals enjoyed outdoors.

  • There are stones and rosaries, candles and photos, flags, ribbons, lanterns, bells and beads, and flowers, so many flowers, on the ground, in vases and plastic wrapping.

  • We keep candle lanterns at the cabin, and I remembered there was a battery-powered LED work light in the truck’s tool kit.

  • While I was working on Green Lantern, I met [DC Comics Chief Creative] Geoff Johns.

  • Arrow has been embraced by fans and audiences in a way that the Green Lantern movie certainly never was.

  • Our first episode will really hang a lantern on everything being reset, and they just go right back to who they were.

  • DC Comics had a golden opportunity to bring a black superhero to the screen in the Green Lantern film.

  • Last summer, DC Comics revealed that Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, was gay.

  • We sat in silence, watching through the window the old man's lantern as he swung away toward home.

  • "I thought we hit a man," said the engineer, swinging his lantern far out into the darkness.

  • The engineer took his lantern and silently went back and swung the spot of fire in the black, cold air.

  • And just as I came up I saw Mrs. Maloney, marvellously attired, fumbling with a lantern.

  • I slept soundly enough when I was not following my father about the house with a candle, or about the hills with a lantern.

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