| 单词 | in candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin candle e. The inflorescence or panicle of a horse chestnut tree. in candle: of a chestnut tree, in flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] > inflorescence candle1920 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [adverb] > in flower (of chestnut tree) in candle1954 1920 E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 48 The chestnut-candles flicker. 1938 T. H. G. Stevens Trees & Shrubs in my Garden vii. 118 The Common Horse Chestnut from Albania is one of the finest flowering trees with its great candles of white flowers in May. 1954 ‘C. Dane’ Flower Girls l. 448 ‘Horse-chestnuts... The leaf prints off like a horse-shoe,’ said Ernest, adding that the tree ‘in candle’ was the most beautiful sight. 1968 C. P. Snow Sleep of Reason (1969) xxxviii. 357 In a public garden the candles stood bright on the flowering chestnuts. 1983 P. Mortimer Handyman vi. 55 A huge horse-chestnut bearing a thousand candles hung over Slattery's wall. < as lemmas |
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