a container for holding and burning incense (= a substance that produces a pleasant smell), used especially during religious ceremonies （尤用于宗教仪式等的）香炉 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French censier, from encensier, from encens from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to’, from in- ‘in’ + the base of candere ‘to glow’.