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IELTS BNC: 5151 COCA: 7182

torch

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Related topics: Electrical, Outdoor
torch1 /tɔːtʃ $ tɔːrtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  torch.jpg British EnglishBrETEE a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand 手电筒 SYN American English flashlight
 We shone our torches around the cavern.
我们用手电筒照着山洞。
→5 see picture at 见图 lamp
2  DLOa long stick with burning material at one end that produces light 火把；火炬
 the Olympic torch
奥运火炬
3. carry a torch for somebody old-fashionedLOVE to secretly love and admire someone 暗恋某人
Examples from the Corpus
carry a torch for somebody• Aaron Hammon is a recovering speed freak; he has carried a torch for the drug methamphetamine since childhood.• Was it possible poor old Harry was still carrying a torch for Pickles?
Examples from the Corpus
torch• It was a photo of a robed woman with a sharp star for a halo and a torch in her upraised hand.• After a cursory check, Myeloski went off to talk to the guard at the gate and find a torch.• Ipuky's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation.• If he ever guessed that she carried this stupid, hopeless torch for him, he would ... what?• Down below, he could see the single torch beam which illuminated Devlin, the girl and Gilbert.• Working on the torch principle the gun became a simple projector.
Related topics: Crime
torch2 verb [transitiveT]  
informalSCCBURN to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn 故意点燃，放火烧
 Rioters torched several abandoned cars.
暴徒纵火烧毁了几辆废弃的汽车。
Examples from the Corpus
torch• He found himself before the emperor a second time, after torching a pagan idol; his punishment was a severe flogging.• We see him move slowly through the ranks, from fencing stolen goods to torching ailing business interests.• Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat, torch his tongue.• Bunny threatened to chainsaw the flat in Muswell Hill and torch the goldfish, although maybe it was the other way round.• It looked to me like someone had torched the place.• Thibault was caught torching the restaurant.
Origin torch1
(1200-1300) Old French torche “bunch of twisted straws, torch”, from Vulgar Latin torca
torch1 nountorch2 verb
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IELTS BNC: 5151 COCA: 7182
torch

noun¹

 1 (BrE) electric light手電筒  ➡ see also flashlight ADJECTIVE | VERB + TORCH | TORCH + VERB | TORCH + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤powerful強光手電筒▸➤electric手電筒VERB + TORCH➤carry, have帶手電筒；有手電筒▸➤switch off, turn off關閉手電筒▸➤switch on, turn on打開手電筒▸➤flash, point, shine打手電筒；用手電筒照◇The policeman flashed his torch over the men's faces.警察用手電筒照那些男子的臉。◇I shone my torch through the crack.我用手電筒透過縫隙照過去。TORCH + VERB➤flash, shine手電筒閃光／照亮◇A powerful torch shone in their direction.一束強大的手電筒光朝他們那邊照去。TORCH + NOUN➤beam手電筒光束PHRASES➤the beam of a torch手電筒光束▸➤the light from a torch, the light of a torch手電筒光◇We struggled to read the map by the light of the torch.我們藉着手電筒光費力地看地圖。
torch

noun²

 2piece of burning wood carried to give light火炬ADJECTIVE | VERB + TORCH | TORCH + VERB ADJECTIVE➤blazing, burning, flaming, flickering熊熊燃燒的／燃燒的／烈焰升騰的／搖曳的火把➤Olympic奧運火炬VERB + TORCH➤light點燃火把◇They lit their torches from the fire.他們在火上點燃了火把。➤carry, hold舉着火把◇Servants were carrying lighted torches.僕人們舉着點燃的火把。➤pass, pass on (both figurative) 把知識（或文化等）傳給後代◇I'm ready to pass the torch on to the next generation.我隨時準備把火炬傳給下一代。TORCH + VERB➤light火把照亮◇The path was lit by blazing torches.小路被熊熊燃燒的火把照得通亮。➤burn火把燃燒◇The torches were burning fiercely.火把熾烈地燃燒着。➤flare, flicker火把突然旺起來／搖曳▸➤go out火把熄滅◇The torch flickered and went out.火把閃了幾下熄滅了。
IELTS BNC: 5151 COCA: 7182
torch noun
⇨ light 2torch verb
⇨ light 1
IELTS BNC: 5151 COCA: 7182

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