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torch

noun
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
Idioms
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  1. (British English)
    (also flashlight North American English, British English)
    a small electric lamp that you can hold in your hand and carry with you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。
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    • The policeman flashed his torch over the men's faces.警察用手电筒照那些男子的脸。
    • The torch flickered and went out.火把闪了几下熄灭了。
    • We struggled to read the map by the light of the torch.我们藉着手电筒光费力地看地图。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • electric
    verb + torch
    • carry
    • have
    • switch off
    torch + verb
    • flash
    • shine
    torch + noun
    • beam
    phrases
    • the beam of a torch
    • the light from a torch
    • the light of a torch
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  2. (also blowtorch (both North American English))
    (British English blowlamp)
    a tool for directing a very hot flame onto part of a surface, for example to remove paint喷灯
  3. a long stick 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
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    • Supporters carried flaming torches to welcome him.支持者们手擎点燃的火炬来欢迎他。
    • They lit their torches from the fire.他们在火上点燃了火把。
    • The torches were burning fiercely.火把炽烈地燃烧着。
    • The path to the castle was lit by blazing torches.通往城堡的路有燃烧的火把照得通亮。
    • Servants were carrying lighted torches.仆人们举着点燃的火把。
    • (figurative) I'm ready to pass the torch on to the next generation (= let a younger person take my place or job).我随时准备把火炬传给下一代。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blazing
    • burning
    • flaming
    verb + torch
    • light
    • carry
    • hold
    torch + verb
    • light
    • burn
    • flare
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  4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French torche, from Latin torqua, variant of torques ‘necklace, wreath’, from torquere ‘to twist’. The current verb sense was originally US slang and dates from the 1930s.
Idioms
carry a torch for somebody
  1. to be in love with somebody, especially somebody who does not love you in return爱上(尤指单相思);痴恋Topics Feelingsc2
put something to the torch
  1. (literary) to set fire to something deliberately将…付之一炬

torch

verb
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they torch
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
he / she / it torches
/ˈtɔːtʃɪz/
/ˈtɔːrtʃɪz/
past simple torched
/tɔːtʃt/
/tɔːrtʃt/
past participle torched
/tɔːtʃt/
/tɔːrtʃt/
-ing form torching
/ˈtɔːtʃɪŋ/
/ˈtɔːrtʃɪŋ/
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  1. torch something 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)
    • The houses had been looted and then torched.房屋被洗劫一空,然后被烧毁。
    • Rioters threw bottles at police and torched a number of cars.暴徒向警察投掷瓶子,并纵火焚烧了几辆汽车。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French torche, from Latin torqua, variant of torques ‘necklace, wreath’, from torquere ‘to twist’. The current verb sense was originally US slang and dates from the 1930s.
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torchtorchD.J.:[tɔ:tʃ]K.K.:[tɔrtʃ]n.1.手电筒The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.盗贼将手电筒照进黑暗的房间。2.火把, 火炬The campers lit torches from the campfire.露营者用营火点燃火把。
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torch noun | verb
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torch / tCrtF ; tC:tF /noun C
1. BrEa small electric lamp that you carry in your hand手电筒; SYNflashlight AmE:
We shone our torches around the cavern.我们用手电筒照着山洞。
2. a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light火把; 火炬:
the Olympic torch奥林匹克火炬
3. carry a torch for sb old-fashionedto secretly love and admire someone暗恋某人
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torchverb Tinformal
1. to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn故意点燃,放火烧:
Rioters torched several abandoned cars.暴徒纵火烧毁了几辆被遗弃的汽车。
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torch

1 torch /ˈtoɚtʃ/ noun
plural torches
1 torch
/ˈtoɚtʃ/
noun
plural torches
Learner's definition of TORCH
[count]
: a long stick with material at one end that burns brightly火炬;火把
often used figuratively常用作比喻
British : flashlight

carry a torch

: to continue to have romantic feelings for someone who does not love you单相思;单恋usually + for

carry the torch

: to support or promote a cause in an enthusiastic way为…奋斗;为…奋战

pass the torch

chiefly US
◊ If you pass the torch (on) or pass on the torch, you give your job, duties, etc., to another person.移交,交接(工作、职责等)
2 torch /ˈtoɚtʃ/ verb
torches; torched; torching
2 torch
/ˈtoɚtʃ/
verb
torches; torched; torching
Learner's definition of TORCH
[+ object]
: to set fire to (something, such as a building) deliberately : to cause (something) to burn纵火;放火
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