girandole

名词 n.
/ˈd͡ʒɪɹəndəʊl/    /ˈdʒɪrənˌdoʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
    — 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...
  2. A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

词形变化

girandoles plural girandola alternative

词源

From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (“to turn, gyrate”).
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