candle是什么意思_candle怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d"Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

Verb:

examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

中英词源

candle 蜡烛

来自词根cand, 照明，进一步来自PIE *skai, 照耀，见shine.

candle: candle: [OE] Candle is one of the earliest English borrowings from Latin. It probably arrived with Christianity at the end of the 6th century, and is first recorded in a gloss from around the year 700. Latin candēla was a derivative of the verb candēre ‘be white, glow’, also the source of English candid and related to incandescent and incense. Candelabrum [19] is a Latin derivative. The Christian feast of Candlemas [OE] (February 2) gets its name from the blessing of church candles on that day.
=> candelabrum, candid, incandescent, incense
candle (n.): Old English candel "lamp, lantern, candle," an early ecclesiastical borrowing from Latin candela "a light, torch, candle made of tallow or wax," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine, to shoot out light" (cognates: Sanskrit cand- "to give light, shine," candra- "shining, glowing, moon;" Greek kandaros "coal;" Welsh cann "white;" Middle Irish condud "fuel").

Candles were unknown in ancient Greece (where oil lamps sufficed), but common from early times among Romans and Etruscans. Candles on birthday cakes seems to have been originally a German custom. To hold a candle to originally meant "to help in a subordinate capacity," from the notion of an assistant or apprentice holding a candle for light while the master works (compare Old English taporberend "acolyte"). To burn the candle at both ends is recorded from 1730.

词态变化

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权威造句

1. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.: 流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。

2. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.: 她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。

3. The light from my candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.: 我的烛光将他拉长的影子投射在墙上。

4. Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candle-holders.: 他的另一个幸运发现是一对烛台。

5. Girls today can"t hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.: 如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。

近反义词

taper

相似短语

English candle (international candle) 英国烛光

candle lantern 点烛灯笼

candle stick 蜡台

candle holder phr. 烛台

candle butter 【医】烛光试验(检复视)

pentane candle 戊烷烛光

by inch of candle adv.通过拍卖

rush candle 灯芯草蜡烛,微光;微不足道的人,寡闻陋见

not worth the candle 不上算,不值得,得不偿失

candle machine 蜡烛机

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