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

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A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame.

Torch can also be used as a verb indicating that something has been purposely set on fire. For example, arsonists have been known to torch empty buildings just for fun. This meaning dates to 1931. The noun form of torch has been around a lot longer. In the late 13th century torch came into English from the Old French word torche, or "twisted thing," which was a piece of wax-dipped rope.

WORD FAMILY

torch: torched, torches, torching

USAGE EXAMPLES

Organisers said there were "limited torches and wristbands" for the Torchlight Procession.

BBC(Dec 29, 2016)

Little Torch Key is about 30 miles north of Key West.

Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)

You’ve got to be wired a little bit different to even carry the torch, it’s a great honor when it’s yours.

Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016)

1n a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

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flambeau

a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

light, light source

any device serving as a source of illumination

2n a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

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flashlight

penlight

a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen

electric lamp

a lamp powered by electricity

3n a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

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blowlamp, blowtorch

oxyacetylene torch

a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene

burner

an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)

4v burn maliciously, as by arson

The madman torched the barns

Hyper

burn, burn down, fire

destroy by fire

n tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

Syn|Hyper

Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, woolly mullein

flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant

any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

单词	torch
释义	torch (once / 411 pages) 1nv 2n A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame. Torch can also be used as a verb indicating that something has been purposely set on fire. For example, arsonists have been known to torch empty buildings just for fun. This meaning dates to 1931. The noun form of torch has been around a lot longer. In the late 13th century torch came into English from the Old French word torche, or "twisted thing," which was a piece of wax-dipped rope. WORD FAMILY torch: torched, torches, torching USAGE EXAMPLES Organisers said there were "limited torches and wristbands" for the Torchlight Procession. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Little Torch Key is about 30 miles north of Key West. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) You’ve got to be wired a little bit different to even carry the torch, it’s a great honor when it’s yours. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1n a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance Hypo\|Hyper flambeau a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) light, light source any device serving as a source of illumination 2n a small portable battery-powered electric lamp Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper flashlight penlight a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen electric lamp a lamp powered by electricity 3n a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper blowlamp, blowtorch oxyacetylene torch a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene burner an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) 4v burn maliciously, as by arson The madman torched the barns Hyper burn, burn down, fire destroy by fire 2 n tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches Syn\|Hyper Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, woolly mullein flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
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