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单词 candlelight
释义 candlelight
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English candel-liht, from Old English candel-lēoht, from candel candle + lēoht light
1.
 a. : the light of a candle or candles
  < sat by candlelight in his study meditating on the eight years that had passed — C.G.Bowers >
 b. : any soft artificial light
2. also candlelighting : the time for lighting up : twilight, dusk
 < meet in the courthouse Saturday evening at early candlelight — Carl Sandburg >
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