英语词汇“torch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

torchtorch1 /tɔrtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYtorch¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French torche bunch of twisted straws, torch, from Vulgar Latin torca

1a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light: the Olympic torch2British a flashlight [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French torche bunch of twisted straws, torch, from Vulgar Latin torca] → see also carry a torch for somebody at carry1 (33), carry the torch of something at carry1 (34), pass the torch to somebody at pass1 (23)

noun | verb

torchtorch2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

torch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	torch
	he, she, it	torches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	torched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have torched
	he, she, it	has torched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had torched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will torch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have torched

Continuous Form
Present	I	am torching
	he, she, it	is torching
	you, we, they	are torching
Past	I, he, she, it	was torching
	you, we, they	were torching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been torching
	he, she, it	has been torching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been torching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be torching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been torching

informal to deliberately make a building start to burn