单词：sconce
音标：[skɒns] ；
n. 壁式烛台, 头, 头盔
vt. 遮蔽
vt. 遮蔽
n. a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
n. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
n. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
n. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
n. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
词型变化：名词复数形式 : sconces
词性分布：
sconce的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- A torch bumed brightly in a sconce just inside.一束火把在里面的壁式烛台上明亮地燃烧着。
- "I'll give ye a bat on the sconce."我要给你脑门上来一棍子。
经典引文
The..wall sconces held orange bulbs with orange shades.
出自：J. D. MacDonaldOne of the best bulwarks and sconces of Soveraignty.
出自：fig.If she..showed any sconce for the business.
出自：Century MagazineHall dinner. Was sconced in a quart of ale for quoting Latin.
出自：Etonian
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