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形容詞

lanternlike ‎(comparative more lanternlike, superlative most lanternlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lantern.
   • 1857, Horace Binney Wallace, Art and Scenery in Europe^[1]:

     I have viewed, I believe, every cathedral between Magdeburg in the North, and St. Januarius on the South, and from the mystic gloom of St. Stephen's, at Vienna, to the lanternlike brilliance of St. Ouen, at Rouen; and in many of these it has been my lot to witness the most august and imposing services of the Catholic worship.

   • 1908, The Edison Monthly^[2], volume 1, page 206:

     The interior, as will he seen by the illustrations, is representative of old Dutch styles. The unique feature of the lighting is the lanternlike enclosures for the incandescent lamps, which are mounted on posts, giving a decidedly novel and pleasing effect.

   • 2007, Glenn Keator, Designing California Native Gardens^[3]:

     Tiny, greenish or pinkish, lanternlike flowers hide under branch tips in early to midspring.