| 词汇 | 油灯 |
| 释义 | 油灯 The lamp burst in shards of glass. Marco Polo noted in1272 as he passed by Baku, on the Caspian sea, that oil lamps were common. The ugly girl let out a terrible cry. She took the lamp, and flung it straight at her husband. The house was lit with oil lamps. Or, let her know that she is the light of your life with a beautiful scented candle or oil lamp. The refined kerosene could be used in lamps, replacing the more expensive whale oil. A lamp exploded in one of them near the shore and the fire speedily spread. He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs. He rang; a woman with a little lamp in her hand opened the door. I looked for signs of electricity, but apart from a few flickering oil lamps in a faraway village, there was nothing but darkness for kilometres on each side of the valley. I had bought it weeks before, for an oil lamp I had before I sold my things. As night fell, work went on by oil lamp and candlelight. A man finds an old lamp on the beach and gives it a rub and out pops a genie. In the countryside, houses are still illuminated by oil lamps. She was devoted to duty even amid appalling conditions and earned herself the nickname“ Lady of the Lamp” for her habit of doing the rounds late at night. It is worth remembering that when gas lights replaced candles and oil lamps in the19th century, some newspapers reported that they were“glaring” and “ dazzling white”. The salesman wants to get as much money for his lamps as possible. Its makers suspect that it is the biggest thing since America provided oil to light the lamps of China and celluloid fables to feed the dreams of the world. She lighted up an oil lamp when it was getting dark. At first it referred to the wick of a lamp or candle, then to things kept alight to ignite other things like cannons. Demand for cheap, good lighting fuel was growing: by1850, the new urban middle class was no longer content with candles, or lamps made from rags dipped in animal fat. On the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, a Buddhist is filling up an oil lamp. |
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