wax-candle

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A candle made of wax.
    — To determine to what the ordinary variations in the quantity of light emitted by a common wax-candle might amount , I took such a candle , and , lighting it and placed it before the photometer, […]

词形变化

wax-candles plural wax candle alternative

词源

From Middle English wax-candul, waxe candel, wax candill, from Old English weaxcandel, equivalent to wax + candle.
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