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sconce

C2 noun

sconce /skɑns/ nghĩa là pháo đài nhỏ, công sự nhỏ

Các nghĩa

  1. pháo đài nhỏ, công sự nhỏ

    A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

    […]tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them.

    Golden sconces hang not on the walls.

  2. vòm chéo (kiến trúc)

    A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

    Taking the candle […] she stood with the little flat brass sconce in her hand.

    This strange scene was lightd up by candles in high and havy brass sconces.

    Also the candles flickering in the blood-red sconces are black and the body on the crucifix is that of a full-breasted woman.

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