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torch n.手电筒；火炬；火把；<俚>纵火犯v.纵火 (1) 他打开了手电筒，寻找钥匙。(2) 你用手电筒照一下这抽屉里面。(3) 火炬在黑暗中闪光。(4) 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。(5) 孩子们拿着火把向黑洞里照去。(6) 暴民开始放火烧楼。 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.

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英 [tɔːtʃ] 美 [tɔːrtʃ] (1) He turned on the torch to look for his keys.(2) Shine your torch into the drawer.(3) The torch flared in the darkness.(4) His emblems are the spear and the burning torch.(5) The kids were shining a torch into the black hole.(6) The rioters began to torch the buildings. A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]手电筒 A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand.   [BRIT 英]in AM, use 美国英语用 flashlight2[N-COUNT 可数名词]火把；火炬 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.他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。…a torch-lit march for peace.要求和平的火炬示威游行3[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:blowtorch；吹管；喷灯；氧乙炔炬 A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal.   [supp N]The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.那伙匪徒为打开金库用氧乙炔炬干了长达10个小时。4[VERB 动词]纵火焚烧；放火烧 If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately.   [V n]The rioters torched the local library...暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。5[PHRASE 短语]暗恋；对…单相思 If you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them.   [V inflects]He has always carried a torch for Barbara.他一直单恋芭芭拉。6[PHRASE 短语](为…)奋战；(为…)奋斗 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.   [V inflects]This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died...这个团体旨在将游行示威的数百万人与死去的数千人的信念传承下去。Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy.自从他 1985 年去世以来，他的遗孀一直致力于保存和发扬他的斯大林主义遗产。

英语单词	torch
英美音标	英 [tɔːtʃ] 美 [tɔːrtʃ]
中文释义	n.手电筒；火炬；火把；<俚>纵火犯 v.纵火
英语例句	(1) He turned on the torch to look for his keys. (2) Shine your torch into the drawer. (3) The torch flared in the darkness. (4) His emblems are the spear and the burning torch. (5) The kids were shining a torch into the black hole. (6) The rioters began to torch the buildings.
中文例句	(1) 他打开了手电筒，寻找钥匙。 (2) 你用手电筒照一下这抽屉里面。 (3) 火炬在黑暗中闪光。 (4) 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。 (5) 孩子们拿着火把向黑洞里照去。 (6) 暴民开始放火烧楼。
vocabulary简明	A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]手电筒 A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand. [BRIT 英] in AM, use 美国英语用 flashlight 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]火把；火炬 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. 他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。 …a torch-lit march for peace. 要求和平的火炬示威游行 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:blowtorch ；吹管；喷灯；氧乙炔炬 A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal. [supp N] The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault. 那伙匪徒为打开金库用氧乙炔炬干了长达10个小时。 4 [VERB 动词]纵火焚烧；放火烧 If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately. [V n] The rioters torched the local library... 暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。 Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown. 轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。 5 [PHRASE 短语]暗恋；对…单相思 If you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them. [V inflects] He has always carried a torch for Barbara. 他一直单恋芭芭拉。 6 [PHRASE 短语](为…)奋战；(为…)奋斗 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. [V inflects] This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died... 这个团体旨在将游行示威的数百万人与死去的数千人的信念传承下去。 Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy. 自从他 1985 年去世以来，他的遗孀一直致力于保存和发扬他的斯大林主义遗产。

Torch Set Burning N Count 可数名词 [V Rioters Fire