| 单词 | girandole |
| 例句 | The girandoles looked like fiery lace in the sky. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the girandole are two of my books: my latest, Diving for Pearls, and Sisters, Saints and Sibyls, which is very rare. Photographer Nan Goldin’s Favorite Things 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The girandole proper was getting to be rather monotonous, having been used as the end piece to pyro-spectacles for fifty years or more. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z The silver girandoles above the butler's buffet beyond it were no less dazzling, while everywhere else a warm dusk deepened into almost absolute darkness wherever the glow from the still log-fires could not penetrate. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The lofty walls of plain plaster of Paris have their simplicity destroyed by some French girandoles with wax grapes hanging from them. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z A great variety of metals has been used for the purpose—sometimes, as in the case of the candlestick, girandoles have been made in hard woods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Each hourly chime Proclaims the law that swung the girandole. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z Between each tree were large candelabra and stands of gold and azure, which supported girandoles of crystal lighted by several candles. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z The sounds of shivering glass as a girandole crashed from its joining met their ears. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z We now stood before a mansion, the windows of which were silvered, and, when it was darker, gilt by girandoles. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Not only was the furniture well made, but there were articles of luxe in abundance—plate, pictures, looking-glasses, clocks, girandoles, épergnes, and the like, not very artistically arranged, but plenteous everywhere. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The 30th, it began to flow again in the same direction, whilst the mouth of the Volcano threw up every minute a girandole of red hot stones, to an immense height. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z There were many specimens of broken chairs, and some glimmering branching girandoles, five feet high, that had illumined the house at one of the great weddings of long ago. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Originally, there were shown in Hamilton Hall, at Salem, two fine examples of girandoles, with glass pendants, which in the midst of lighted candles reflected myriad sparkles. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The dazzling light of a hundred wax candles on lustres and girandoles shone from the windows upon the great lawn before the garden room. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Over the heavy and massive sideboard is a long gilt mirror of the Empire "banister" type; between the two side windows is a gilt, convex girandole with three branching candlesticks on each side. Remodeled Farmhouses It is impossible to describe the beautiful appearance of these girandoles of red hot stones, far surpassing the most astonishing artificial fire-work. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z Trunks of trees and foliage complete the Baker design, which is known to have been used for girandoles of the period. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Late in the nineteenth century mirrors known as bull's-eyes and girandoles came into vogue. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z No one had occupied this particular room since the Duchesse de Berry, and it contained the same magnificent hangings, chairs, tables, sofas, consoles, girandoles, and what not, that unfortunate woman had used. Francezka The Queen gave the bride girandoles of diamonds. German Problems and Personalities The mirrors, reflectors, and girandoles had eyes for me; and as I advanced up the perspective of waxed floor, the very boards winked detection. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) In girandoles of gladioles The day had kindled flame; And Heaven a door of gold and pearl Unclosed when Morning,—like a girl, A red rose twisted in a curl,— Down sapphire stairways came. Weeds by the Wall Verses These girandoles were the gift of Mr. Cabot, and they are now replaced by simpler examples, the originals having been given to the Saltonstall family, in whose possession they still are. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Then there was a shout, a brawl of laughter, that rang to the ceiling and made the girandoles dance. Francezka The tables were illuminated by five hundred girandoles. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Dodo ran up a pair of girandoles that stood on the narrow mantel-shelf in the front room, and finally got them for three dollars. Polly's Business Venture Here and there girandoles were lighted for concerts, gas-jets flared among the foliage. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Other articles of furniture, candelabra, girandoles, gilded clocks, filled the outline. The Rifle Rangers I have seen a set of cut-glass sent to Calcutta for the purpose, or a girandole, too handsome for Brazilian purchasers. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 The curtains and the cushions of the window-seat were of green damask; and oval mirrors and girandoles and a teaset of rich china completed the furniture of that apartment. Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Her boisterous laugh was quite melodized, and her step did not make the crystal drops of the girandoles tinkle as ominously as they formerly did. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author It prevents the sight from being divided, and distracted by girandoles. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Consumed by anxiety for Mila's safety, he wished that these soundless girandoles, this apocalypse of architectural fire and weaving flame, would end. Visionaries Trying to croon to herself as she passed, and stopping only to hang one of the scarlet girandoles in Vivia's braids, she went in. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 The rooms were lit by old-fashioned chandeliers and girandoles. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel The uproar continued; the benches were torn up, and the lustres and girandoles broken. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Nor is there any doubt that the young Napoleon led his minuets beneath the stiff girandoles of the formal dancing-room. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series On the mantel stood the same girandoles with glittering crystals. 54-40 or Fight Antonym: jest. earnestness, n. ardor, sincerity, fervency, seriousness, intentness, unction. earpick, n. auriscalp. earring, n. eardrop, pendant; girandole. ear-shaped, a. auriform. earth, n. world, terra firma, globe; land, soil, ground. Putnam's Word Book Go mark his tomb!—in that sepulchral mole Scowls the fell bandit:—from its towering height Old Tiber's flood reflects the girandole, Midst bells, and shouts, and rockets' arrowy flight! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 The only ornaments in this room were a pair of matchless Venetian girandoles on the mantelpiece, and a monster Palissy dish, almost as elaborate in design as the shield of Achilles, on the oaken buffet. The Lovels of Arden The lusters, girandoles, and candelabras of the king had been furnished in profusion, to decorate the sacred edifice, and the pavements were all covered with rich carpets. The Crayon Papers It led into a vestibule, painted in arabesques, hung with Venetian girandoles, and looking into gardens. Coningsby Associated words: cachepot, girandole. flowery, a. florid, ornate, figurative. flowing, a. running, gliding, fluent, cursive. Putnam's Word Book The prisoners, too, had adorned with varicoloured paperwork the candelabra, girandoles and mirrors which drew twinkles from the long waxed floor, and softened whatever might have been garish in the decorations. The Westcotes Brilliant lights jet forth from massive chandeliers and girandoles, lighting up the long line of chaste furniture beneath. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter A woman passed him bearing Mary's girandoles; another had the dining-room clock under her arm; a third trailed a whatnot after her. Australia Felix Huge pillars, covered with festoons of colored lamps, stood in front of the long palace bridge, and were connected with each other by brilliant girandoles. Napoleon and Blucher The greatest wonder to the natives were two large girandoles; also the silvered balls, about six inches in diameter, that, suspended from the branch of a tree, reflected the scene beneath. Ismailia The empanelled walls were white, with here a gilt mirror, flanked on either side by a girandole in ormolu. The Lion's Skin They were the only tenants of the room, which was small, cedar-panelled and lighted by a girandole of sparkling crystal. The Snare A vast ring of candelabra, torch-holders and girandoles shone round the chandelier, like the constellations round the sun. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo The walls of muslin and flowers were held together by more than a hundred gilded pillars, the girandoles attached to each of which diffused a sea of light. The Daughter of an Empress I wish that we could see the pier-glasses and the girandoles and the twisted sofas, the fauns foisted upon the ceiling and the rident goddesses along the wall. The Works of Max Beerbohm |
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