sconced

sconced

简明
柯林斯

vt.（以不守规矩为由）惩罚；<旧>保护，庇护（sconce 的过去式和过去分词）

英英释义

n.
- 1
  a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
- 2
  a forbidding stronghold
  同义词：redoubt

权威例句

1.
Wednesday morning's London Times was still cool from its afternoon journey from Rhyl as Hopkins carried it to a sofa underneath a sconced gas retort.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'

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