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lampshade

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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lamp·shade /ˈlæmpʃeɪd/ noun [countable]  DHFa cover fixed over a light bulb for decoration and in order to reduce or direct its light 灯罩4  See picture on 见图 Page A1 Bedroom 卧室
Examples from the Corpus
lampshadeBut the beating inside her is more desperate than hunger, a moth wild inside a lampshade.Painted scenes of historic Charleston on to handbags and lampshades.Further afield, special collectors which look like old-fashioned lampshades on poles are used to filter dust out of the atmosphere.He draped tinsel round the pink lampshades on the table.And hanging over both kitchen and dining room tables are colourful Tiffany-style lampshades.An oval of light flashed on to the ceiling, sending out an elongated shadow from the lampshade in the centre.Walls are stacked to the ceiling with lampshades in all sizes and shapes.
lamp·shade nounChineseSyllable
over Corpus light a cover fixed a bulb


lampshade
lampshade /ˈlæmpʃeɪd/ noun [countable]
a cover fixed over a light bulb for decoration and in order to reduce or direct its light


lamp·shadeBrE /ˈlæmpʃeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæmpʃeɪd/ 🔊 noun
a decorative cover for a lamp that is used to make the light softer or to direct it 灯罩