can·dle·light /ˈkændl-laɪt/ noun [uncountableU] LIGHTthe gentle light produced when a candle burns 烛光 The jewels sparkled in the candlelight. 珠宝在烛光下熠熠生辉。
by candlelight We ate by candlelight. 我们在烛光下吃饭。
candlelight• a candlelight dinner• I remember, that evening, obsessively re-reading the letter by candlelight.• Lee saw Anthea's eyes glittering blackly in the dancing candlelight, her chin drawn up in defiance or outrage.• Her lovely face in the candlelight, the soft pitch of her voice as she sang him to sleep.• And a multitude of stuffed owls, peering through the candlelight, would mutely rebuke stuffed shirts.• The candlelight had taken his cheap suit and made it over in some priceless fabric.• Continental breakfast weekdays; candlelight brunch weekends.
by candlelight• We read by candlelight.