torch 英 [tɔ:tʃ] 　 美 [tɔrtʃ]

torch

torch　 英 [tɔ:tʃ] 美 [tɔrtʃ]

n. 火炬；手电筒　

进行时:torching　 过去式:torched　 过去分词:torched　 第三人称单数:torches　 名词复数:torches　

a flaming torch　燃烧着的火炬
the Olympic torch　奥林匹克火炬

  • A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame.
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  • n. 火炬；手电筒

  • 1. a flaming torch

    燃烧着的火炬

  • 2. the Olympic torch

    奥林匹克火炬

  • 3. Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.

    我插钥匙时，请用手电筒照着锁头。

  • torch (n.) mid-13c., from Old French torche "torch," also "handful of straw" (for wiping or cleaning, hence French torcher "to wipe, wipe down"), originally "twisted thing," then "torch formed of twisted tow dipped in wax," probably from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Late Latin torqua, from Latin torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").
  • torch (v.) 1819, "illuminate with a torch," from torch (n.). Meaning "set fire to" is from 1931. Related: Torched; torching.
torch / tɔːtʃ ; NAmE tɔːrtʃ / noun , verb torch torches torched torching noun 1 ( BrE) ( also flash·light NAmE, BrE ) a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand 手电筒 ◆ Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in. 我插钥匙时，请用手电筒照着锁头。 2 ( NAmE) = blowtorch 3 a long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light 火炬；火把 ◆ a flaming torch 燃烧着的火炬 ◆ the Olympic torch 奥林匹克火炬 ◆ ( figurative) They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive. 他们为使理想主义和希望的火炬不熄灭而奋斗。 IDIOM put sth to the ˈtorch ( literary) to set fire to sth deliberately 将…付之一炬 ☞more at carry verb torchsth to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it 放火烧，纵火烧（建筑物或汽车） torch / tɔːtʃ ; NAmE tɔːrtʃ /
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