candle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

can·dle [candle candles candled candling] BrE [ˈkændl] NAmE [ˈkændl] noun
a round stick of ↑wax with a piece of string (called a ↑wick) through the middle which is lit to give light as it burns
•a flickering candle
•The room was lit by candles.
•to blow out/snuff out a candle
more at burn the candle at both ends at ↑burn _v., (the game is) not worth the candle at ↑worth _adj.
Idiom: ↑cannot hold a candle to somebody

Word Origin:
Old English candel, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white or glisten’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  candela, cd, standard candle, taper, wax light