单词 | christmas candle |
释义 | > as lemmasChristmas candle Christmas candle n. a candle lit during Christmas; cf. Advent candle n. at advent n. Compounds, Christingle n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > used at specific times or in certain places > Christmas candle Christmas candle1614 yule-candle1808 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. L3v 'Tis the Latin word for a Christmas candle. 1703 Country Farmer's Catech. in Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit. (1870) I. 287 My daughter don't look with sickly pale looks, like an unlit Christmas Candle. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 181 Little tapers, like what are called Christmas candles in England. 2004 M. Sullivan Ship Sooner i. 22 On either side of the cabinet a gold Christmas candle lights up a window. < as lemmas |
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