| 释义 |
torch /törch/ noun- A piece of wood or inflammable material dipped in tallow or wax and lighted, carried or mounted on a wall, etc to give light
- A large candle
- A small, battery-powered portable electric lamp
- An appliance producing a hot flame for welding, burning, etc
- A source of enlightenment, guidance, etc
- An arsonist (US sl)
- A glowing flower or inflorescence, eg mullein
- A tall cactaceous plant
transitive verb- To light with a torch or torches
- To set alight deliberately (slang, esp US)
- To sing (a torch song) (rare; US)
ORIGIN: Fr torche, from L torquēre, tortum to twist torchˈer noun (Shakespeare) A light-giver torchˈing noun (slang, esp US) The act of setting something alight, esp deliberately torchˈbearer noun - A person who carries a torch
- A leading, prominent figure in a cause, etc (figurative)
torchˈ-dance noun torchˈlight noun torchˈ-lily noun The red-hot poker (Kniphofia or Tritoma) torchˈ-race noun (historical) A race in which the runners carried torches and passed them to others torch singer noun torch song noun - A popular song of the 1930s giving lugubrious expression to the pangs of unrequited love
- A sentimental or melancholy love song
torchˈ-staff noun (pl torchˈ-staves) (Shakespeare) A staff for carrying a torch torchˈ-thistle noun A cereus torchˈwood noun - Any of several resinous woods suitable for making torches
- Any tree yielding such wood, esp Amyris balsamifera, native to Florida and the West Indies
carry the (or a) torch (for) To suffer unrequited love (for) put to the torch To burn down |