torch

noun

1. 手电筒
   a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand
2. 手电筒
   a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand
3. 火炬；火把
   a long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light
   1. a flaming torch
      燃烧着的火炬
   2. the Olympic torch
      奥林匹克火炬
   3. They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
      他们为使理想主义和希望的火炬不熄灭而奋斗。

verb

1. 放火烧，纵火烧（建筑物或汽车）
   to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it

1. 手电筒
   A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand.

in AM, use 美国英语用 flashlight


2. N-COUNT 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.
   1. 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。
   2. …a torch-lit march for peace.
      要求和平的火炬示威游行
3. See also: The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault. blowtorch
4. VERB 纵火焚烧;放火烧
   If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately.
   1. The rioters torched the local library...
      暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
   2. 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 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.
   1. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.
      他一直单恋芭芭拉。
6. PHRASE (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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
   皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。
2. I was perished. No jacket, no torch, wet through, exhausted.
   我快冻僵了。没有外衣，没有火把，浑身湿透了，筋疲力尽。
3. One of the men shone a torch in his face
   其中一名男子用火把照着他的脸。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The rioters torched the local library
   暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
7. 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。
8. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.
   他一直单恋芭芭拉。
9. 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。
10. He flashed the torch on for a second.
    他把手电筒亮了一下。
11. A torch symbolizes the brightness ( of the future).
    火炬象征光明。
12. Suddenly somebody flashed an electric torch.
    手电筒霍然一亮。
13. Suddenly the beam of an electric torch was flashed into his face.
    忽然一道手电光射到他脸上。
14. His emblems are the spear and the burning torch.
    他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。
15. The wind ceased, the torch was lighted once more.
    风停息了，火炬又燃了起来。
16. We can't use the torch because the battery has run down.
    我们不能用电筒了，因为电池用完了。
17. We took a map, a torch and a knife, which we put into my bag.
    我们带了一张地图、一个手电筒和一个小刀，把它们放进了我的书包。
18. Zero distance Contact with the Olympic Games torch!
    今天与奥运火炬来了个O距离接触！
19. The torch relay was first organized at the 1936 Berlin Games.
    在1936年的柏林奥运会上首次组织了奥运火炬传递。
20. He flashed his torch to signal that he was ready.
    他闪了闪手电筒，示意他准备好了。
21. And he lighted his cigar at vampa's torch.
    于是他在万帕的火把上点燃了他的雪茄烟。
22. Anticipating that it will soon be dark, they all took torch.
    他们预见到天快黑了，就都带上了手电筒。
23. I got out my pliers and torch and crawled under the ambulance.
    我拿出钳子和手电筒，爬到了车底下。
24. This week I saw the second Olympic torch relay of my life.
    这个星期，我有生以来第二次看到了奥运火炬传递。
25. I would torch your boat!
    我会烧了你的船！
26. With the lighting of the torch at 2000 Olympic games, Cathy brought Australians closer together.
    卡西点燃了2000年奥运火炬，她将澳大利亚人更加紧密地连在了一起。
27. The torch was lighted.
    火炬被点燃了。
28. The torch relay in 2008 after a number of regions and countries.
    2008年的火炬传递经过了许多地区和国家。

n.

put sth to the torch

• 将…付之一炬
  to set fire to sth deliberately

carry a torch for sb

• 爱上（尤指单相思）；痴恋
  to be in love with sb, especially sb who does not love you in return

noun

1. a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

   Synonym:    blowtorchblowlamp

2. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

   Synonym:    flashlight

3. a light usually carried in the hand

4. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers

   Synonym:    common mulleingreat mulleinAaron's rodflannel mulleinwoolly mulleinVerbascum thapsus

verb

1. burn maliciously, as by arson
   1. The madman torched the barns