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sconce

/skons/US // skɒns //UK // (skɒns) //

烛台,壁灯,灯台,壁炉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
    • : the hole or socket of a candlestick, for holding the candle.

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Examples

  • The person who cares for things unusual will find the candle sconce made of a cowhorn a suitable fixture for the den.

  • He placed the candle in a sconce on the wall, and then turned to the three.

  • A silver griffin of a sconce near by held a light in its claws, which fell full upon Cimburga and the miller's son.

  • Here and there a torch glimmered in a sconce against the wall, or a surgeon with a candle in his hand paused at a bedside.

  • He shut the window, drew curtains over it, switched off the lighted sconce, and went up-stairs.