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A candlestick is the holder you stand a candle in so it will not fall over and so the hot wax has somewhere to go. The usual shape is a small base with a cup or a spike on top, made of metal, wood, glass, or china.
A candlestick is the holdercandlestick是一個座子 you stand a candle in用來立蠟燭 so it will not fall over讓蠟燭不會倒 and so the hot wax has somewhere to go也讓融化的蠟油有地方流. The usual shape is a small base常見的樣子是一個小底座 with a cup or a spike on top上面有個杯狀或尖狀的部分, made of metal, wood, glass, or china材質可能是金屬、木頭、玻璃或瓷器.
Note the trap in the word: the 'stick' is not the candle. The stick is the holder; the candle is the soft thing that burns.
Note the trap in the word要注意這個字裡的陷阱: the 'stick' is not the candle'stick'指的不是蠟燭本身. The stick is the holder'stick'是那個座子; the candle is the soft thing that burnscandle才是那個會燃燒的軟軟的東西.
A tall pair of candlesticks on a dinner table is a picture of a formal meal, and old brass or silver ones are the kind of thing families keep for years.
A tall pair of candlesticks on a dinner table餐桌上一對高高的candlestick is a picture of a formal meal給人一種正式晚宴的畫面, and old brass or silver ones而舊的黃銅或銀製的那種 are the kind of thing families keep for years是家族會保存很多年的東西.
If a holder carries several candles at once on branching arms, English usually calls that a rather than a candlestick.
If a holder carries several candles at once如果一個座子一次可以撐好幾根蠟燭 on branching arms用分岔的臂架, English usually calls that a candelabra英文通常會叫它candelabra rather than a candlestick而不是candlestick.
Two other places you will meet the word. Games and books: 'candlestick maker' comes from an old children's rhyme, and Candlestick is a weapon card in the board game Cluedo.
Two other places you will meet the word還有兩個地方你會遇到這個字. Games and books遊戲和書本裡: 'candlestick maker''candlestick maker'（做蠟燭台的人） comes from an old children's rhyme出自一首古老的兒歌, and Candlestick is a weapon card而Candlestick是 in the board game Cluedo桌遊《妙探尋兇》裡的一張武器卡.
Finance: a candlestick chart is the standard way of drawing stock prices, where each little box with lines coming out of the top and bottom shows one day's high, low, open and close. That sense is very common in Taiwan, so a student who will meet the word there first — 蠟燭圖 or K線.
Finance金融方面: a candlestick chart is the standard way of drawing stock prices畫股價最標準的方式就是candlestick chart, where each little box with lines coming out of the top and bottom每個上下有線的小方塊 shows one day's high, low, open and close代表一天的最高、最低、開盤和收盤價. That sense is very common in Taiwan這個用法在台灣很常見, so a student who trades will meet the word there first所以會操作股票的學生會先在這裡遇到這個字 — 蠟燭圖 or K線——就是蠟燭圖或K線.
組成candle + stick, together since Old English candelsticca. Here 'stick' keeps its old, wider meaning of a piece of wood shaped for a job, not a thin twig — so the whole word is 'the wooden thing that holds a candle', even after people started making them from metal.
同家族的字
- candlethe thing it holds
- candlelightcandle + light, the light it gives
- chopstickthe same everyday '-stick' compound pattern
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。
candlesticknoun/ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
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A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
- Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
- Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]
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gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
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businessfinanceA color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
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historicalslanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsThe central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
- Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.
candlestickverb/ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
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To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
- Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.
- Archie Jack had a second lucky escape in a later attempt when his pilot, nervous of flying over the high mountain ranges, made him jump out at a much greater altitude than was usual. What initially seemed inconsiderate saved Jack's life as his parachute 'candlesticked', ...
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To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
- The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”
- “You wouldn't happen to be the B. J. Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true. Candlesticking is one of the trickier methods of charting stock.
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To adorn with candlesticks.
- The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.
- 3 When I get my room arranged, it will be carpeted, cushioned, curtained (one set crimson dama[s]k, one white), mirrored, silver candlesticked, etc., etc., etc.
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To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
- If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."
- Initially, the end of the shaft is ragged, but then begins to taper smoothly, exhibiting the "candlesticking" or "pencilling" referred to in the literature (Fig. 13).
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。