a large round frame hanging from the ceiling, with branches that hold lights or candles. Some chandeliers are decorated with many small pieces of glass. 枝形吊灯 a crystal chandelier 水晶玻璃枝形吊灯。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChandelier is used before these nouns:- earring
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from chandelle ‘candle’, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white, glisten’.