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Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense torches, present participle torching, past tense, past participle torched

1. countable noun

A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand.

[British]regional note: in AM, use flashlight

2. countable noun

A torch is a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire.

They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.

...a torch-lit march for peace.

Synonyms: firebrand, brand, taper, flaming stick More Synonyms of torch

3. countable noun

A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal.

The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.

4. See also blowtorch

5. verb

If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately.

The rioters torched the local library. [VERB noun]

Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: set fire to, burn, ignite, set on fire More Synonyms of torch

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单词	torch
释义	Trends of torch View usage for: torch (tɔːʳtʃ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense torches, present participle torching, past tense, past participle torched 1. countable noun A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand. [British]regional note: in AM, use flashlight 2. countable noun A torch is a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch. ...a torch-lit march for peace. Synonyms: firebrand, brand, taper, flaming stick More Synonyms of torch 3. countable noun A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal. The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault. 4. See also blowtorch 5. verb If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately. The rioters torched the local library. [VERB noun] Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown. [VERB noun] Synonyms: set fire to, burn, ignite, set on fire More Synonyms of torch 6. See carry a torch for 7. See carry the torch More Synonyms of torch torch in British English (tɔːtʃ) noun 1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries US and Canadian word: flashlight 2. a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight 3. anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc the torch of evangelism 4. any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering 5. carry a torch for 6. put to the torch verb 7. (transitive) slang to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson Derived forms torchlike (ˈtorchˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French torche handful of twisted straw, from Vulgar Latin torca (unattested), from Latin torquēre to twist torch in American English (tɔrtʃ) noun 1. a portable light consisting of a long piece of resinous wood, or twisted tow dipped in tallow, etc., flaming at one end; link; flambeau 2. anything considered as a source of enlightenment, illumination, inspiration, etc. the torch of science 3. any of various portable devices for producing a very hot flame, used in welding,burning off paint, etc. 4. British a flashlight verb transitive 5. US, Informal to set fire to, as in arson Idioms: carry a torch for Word origin ME < OFr torche < VL torca, twisted object, for L torqua < torquere, to twist: see torsion More idioms containing torch carry a torch for someone carry the torch for something Image of torch © 08/05/2018, Shutterstock Examples of 'torch' in a sentence torch Using our electric torch as little as possible so as not to disturb the sleepers, we came to the main dressing room. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A tapas bar owner planned to kill two of his staff and then torch the building, Birmingham crown court heard. Times, Sunday Times (2016) IT'S time to torch another set of undies. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The flame torch is key to her technique. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They used the mummies as human torches and danced around them. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Everyone needed to know we were carrying the torch of our past into the future. Christianity Today (2000) The revolutionary committee building had been torched. Times, Sunday Times (2011) She spent part of the night tending to bleeding soldiers by torch light in a fi eld tent. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This would leave healthy working people to carry the torch for human civilization in a world without gravity. various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990 (1990) The fire torched more than 200,000 acres in two weeks. The Sun (2013) The ancient religious rituals in Stonehenge would certainly have involved torches and fires. Times, Sunday Times (2011) When the elephants come, locals light torches and make a din and harry the elephants off. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The British swarmed into the capital and put most public buildings to the torch. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) Now light your torches, and come along. George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin (1872) I once found a big metal torch and set fire to some straw in it. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Think of the Olympic torch relay. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Groups of men overturned and set fire to vehicles, torched a small factory and tried to stop fire engines from reaching the blaze. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The Olympic torch passes the plaque on its way through Leeds. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Play that riff out loud, a mob with burning torches marauding through the Wharf sounds reasonable. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We follow in cautious steps, relying on torches and flames from roadside vendors to avoid potholes in the Tarmac. Times, Sunday Times (2008) There are more armed police than normal but it isn't as much as when the Olympic torch was here. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Word lists with torch America In other languages torch British English: torch /tɔːtʃ/ NOUN A torch* is a small, battery-powered electric light which you carry in your hand. They carried torches to light their way. American English: flashlight Arabic: كَشَّافٌ كَهْرَبائِيّ Brazilian Portuguese: lanterna de mão Chinese: 手电筒 Croatian: džepna lampa Czech: baterka svítilna Danish: fakkel Dutch: zaklamp European Spanish: linterna Finnish: taskulamppu French: torche German: Taschenlampe Greek: φακός ηλεκτρικός Italian: torcia Japanese: 懐中電灯 Korean: 손전등 Norwegian: lommelykt Polish: pochodnia European Portuguese: lanterna de mão Romanian: lanternă Russian: факел Latin American Spanish: linterna Swedish: ficklampa Thai: ไฟฉาย Turkish: el feneri Ukrainian: ліхтарик Vietnamese: đèn pin All related terms of 'torch' torch song A torch song is a sentimental popular song about love . Olympic torch → the Olympic torch plasma torch an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma , used for melting metal welding torch an oxyacetylene torch used for welding metal acetylene torch a piece of equipment that burns with a hot flame powered by acetylene and is used for welding , brazing , or soldering oxyacetylene torch a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures carry the torch If you say that someone is carrying the torch of a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger. put to the torch to set fire to; burn down the Olympic torch a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games carry a torch for If you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them. carry a torch for someone to be in love with someone who does not love you, or who is already involved with another person carry the torch for something to support something, such as a political party or a particular belief , very strongly and try to persuade other people to support it too Chinese translation of 'torch' torch (tɔːtʃ) n (c) (Brit, electric) 手电(電)筒 (shǒudiàntǒng) (个(個), gè) 美 = flashlight (with flame) 火把 (huǒbǎ) (个(個), gè) 1 (noun) in the sense of flashlight Definition a small portable electric lamp powered by batteries She shone a torch over the terrified faces. Synonyms flashlight light You get into the music and lights, and the people around you. lamp beacon 2 (noun) in the sense of firebrand Definition a wooden shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch. Synonyms firebrand brand taper flaming stick (verb) in the sense of set fire to Definition to deliberately set (a building) on fire The rioters torched the local library. Synonyms set fire to burn He found out he'd won the Lottery, but he'd burnt the ticket. ignite I ignited a fire as it was getting cold in the cottage. set on fire kindle I came in and kindled a fire in the stove. set alight incinerate destroy by fire set light to reduce to ashes put a match to Additional synonyms in the sense of burn Definition to destroy or be destroyed by fire He found out he'd won the Lottery, but he'd burnt the ticket. Synonyms set on fire, light, ignite, kindle, incinerate, reduce to ashes in the sense of ignite Definition to set fire to I ignited a fire as it was getting cold in the cottage. Synonyms set fire to, light, set alight, torch, kindle, touch off, put a match to (informal) in the sense of kindle Definition to set (a fire) alight or (of a fire) to start to burn I came in and kindled a fire in the stove. Synonyms light, start, ignite, fire, spark, torch, inflame, set fire to, set a match to Synonyms of 'torch' torch Explore 'torch' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of light Definition anything that illuminates, such as a lamp or candle You get into the music and lights, and the people around you. Synonyms lamp, bulb, torch, candle, flare, beacon, lighthouse, lantern, taper
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