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meter-candle-second

/mee-ter-kan-dl-sek-uhnd/US // ˈmi tərˈkæn dlˈsɛk ənd //

米-蜡烛-秒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.

Examples

  • Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.

  • And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

  • Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.

  • A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”

  • If 29 vote for someone else, the race for speaker goes to a second ballot for the first time in almost 100 years.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.

  • The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

  • The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.

  • Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.