sconces

一种灯具固定装置,固定灯具并遮挡风或明火、灯泡。

A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

头或颅骨。

A head or a skull.

一种小型堡垒或其他防御工事,尤指为防守关隘或渡口而建。

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.

人头税；罚金或罚款。

A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

突角拱。

A squinch.

罚饮(sconce)行为；与剑桥大学的罚款非常相似,但sconce指发出处罚的行为而非处罚本身。

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.

浮冰碎片。

A fragment of a floe of ice.

固定的座位或架子。

A fixed seat or shelf.