sconce

n.
1.small fort 小堡垒。
△Com.2.2.35:“Sconce call youit? So you would leave battering (i.e. beating)，”你把它叫做小堡垒吗？ 那就请你别打了。
2. earthwork,bulwark,fortification 土木工事，壁垒，要塞。
△H.V.3.6.76 (71): “and they will learn you byrote where services were done; at such and such asconce，”他们能背下来战役发生的地点，在哪一座要塞。
3. (in contempt) head,skull 脑袋，脑壳。
△Com.1.2.79: “I shall break that merry sconce of yours”，我就要把你那调皮的脑壳打破。
△Com.2.2.34:“I will beat thismethod in your sconce.”我要把这种规矩打进你的脑袋里去。
△Ham.5.1.107 (101): “Why does he suffer thismad knave now to knock him about the sconce with adirty shovel.”为什么他现在容忍这个狂妄的家伙用一把肮脏的铲子敲打他的头呢？
4. cover,covering for the head,helmet 罩子，头罩，头盔。
△Com.2.2.37: “I must get a sconce for myhead，”我必须找个罩子把头套住。

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sconce

vb. refl. hide,conceal 隐藏，躲藏。
△Ham.3.4.4:“I’ll sconce me even here.”我就躲在这里。(按：另有版本sconce作silence。)

sconce[skɔns]

n.壁突式烛台，屏幕