girandole
英 ['dʒɪr(ə)ndəʊl]
美['dʒɪrən,dol]
- n. 旋转烟火；装饰烛台；旋转喷火
英英释义
- 1. an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
英文词源
- girandole (n.)
- 1630s, a type of fireworks; 1769 as a branched holder for candles; 1825 as a type of earring or pendant, from French girandole, from Italian girandola, diminutive of giranda "a revolving jet," from Latin gyrandus, gerundive of gyrare "to turn round in a circle, revolve" (see gyration). Also in English in the Italian form.