核心畫面
Think of a stick of wax with a string running down the middle. You light the string, and the wax slowly melts and feeds the flame, so one small candle gives a soft, steady light for hours. It is one of the oldest ways people have made light in a dark room — small, warm, and easy to put out with one breath.
可以想成一根蠟做的柱子，中間穿著一條棉線；點著線之後，蠟慢慢融化去餵那簇小火，一根就能在暗房間裡穩穩亮上好幾個鐘頭。…更多收起
可以想成一根蠟做的柱子，中間穿著一條棉線；點著線之後，蠟慢慢融化去餵那簇小火，一根就能在暗房間裡穩穩亮上好幾個鐘頭。畫面裡它是很小的一團光——安靜、溫暖，一口氣就能吹熄——這種「一小簇光」的感覺，也是後面那個固定說法會用到它的原因。原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
candlenoun/ˈkæn.dəl/
- 1
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- light a candle
- blow out the candles on the birthday cake
- 2
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- 3
obsoleteA unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- 4
businessforestryA fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
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Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.
- That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
- That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate.
candleverb/ˈkæn.dəl/
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embryologymedicinesciencesTo observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- 2
To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- 3
To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。