There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Edith Wharton  ·  No category

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candle ['kændl] 词频1 词根: cand
n. 蜡烛;烛光;蜡烛状物; vt. 对光检查;
💡 cand发光+le表物体 → 发光的物体 → 蜡烛
"Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle."
熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
近义：taper, candlestick, plug, sparkplug
mirror ['mɪrɚ] 词频1 词根: mir
n. 镜子，反光镜;真实的写照;反映，借鉴;榜样; vt. 反映;反射;
💡 mirr惊奇，看+or表名词→能看见自己的东西→镜子
"The mirror is functional yet decorative."
这镜子能照人，但也有装饰作用。
近义：reflect, bounce, deviate, angle, glass
light [laɪt] 词频1
n. 光;发光体;电灯;点火器; adj. 轻的;明亮的;浅色的;少量的; v. 点燃;照亮;用光指引; adv. 轻地，轻装地;
💡 房间光线（light）明暗度正好（right）
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义：illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence 反义：quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
spreading [['sprediŋ]]
[医] 摊开, 涂布\\n[经] 套期图利
近义：interspersion, popularizing, propagation, scattering, spread, divulgation 反义：throng, clump, accumulation, conglomeration, conglutination, agglutination
ways
n. 方法（way的复数）；滑路
reflects
v. 反射（光、热、声或影像）( reflect的第三人称单数 ); 考虑; 反照; 表达

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"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."
"I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views."
"Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope."
"Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death."
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