sconce
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- 2.
A head or a skull.
- 3.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- 4.
(Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
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Đồng nghĩa: sconcing
- 5.
A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- 6.
(obsolete)A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
- 7.
(architecture) A squinch.
- 8.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
- 9.
A fixed seat or shelf.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete)To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
- 2.
(Oxford University slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.
I sconce anyone who has ever…
- 3.
(obsolete)To shut within a sconce; to imprison.
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right|thumb|160px|A modern style of sconce. right|thumb|160px|An older style of sconce. ine-pro From Middle English sconce, sconse (candlestick or lantern (with screen)), from Old French esconse (lantern), from Latin absconsus (hidden), perfect passive participle of abscondō (hide). Cognate with abscond.