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IELTS BNC: 5151 COCA: 7182

torch

noun
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
Idioms
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  1. (British English)
    (also flashlight North American English, British English)
    a small electric lamp that you can hold in your hand and carry with you手电筒
    • Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.我插钥匙时，请用手电筒照着锁头。
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    • The policeman flashed his torch over the men's faces.警察用手电筒照那些男子的脸。
    • The torch flickered and went out.火把闪了几下熄灭了。
    • We struggled to read the map by the light of the torch.我们藉着手电筒光费力地看地图。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • electric
    verb + torch
    • carry
    • have
    • switch off
    • …
    torch + verb
    • flash
    • shine
    torch + noun
    • beam
    phrases
    • the beam of a torch
    • the light from a torch
    • the light of a torch
    • …
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  2. (also blowtorch (both North American English))
    (British English blowlamp)
     a tool for directing a very hot flame onto part of a surface, for example to remove paint喷灯
  3. a long stick that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light火炬；火把
    • a flaming torch燃烧着的火炬
    • the Olympic torch奥林匹克火炬
    Extra Examples
    • Supporters carried flaming torches to welcome him.支持者们手擎点燃的火炬来欢迎他。
    • They lit their torches from the fire.他们在火上点燃了火把。
    • The torches were burning fiercely.火把炽烈地燃烧着。
    • The path to the castle was lit by blazing torches.通往城堡的路有燃烧的火把照得通亮。
    • Servants were carrying lighted torches.仆人们举着点燃的火把。
    • (figurative) I'm ready to pass the torch on to the next generation (= let a younger person take my place or job).我随时准备把火炬传给下一代。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blazing
    • burning
    • flaming
    • …
    verb + torch
    • light
    • carry
    • hold
    • …
    torch + verb
    • light
    • burn
    • flare
    • …
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    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French torche, from Latin torqua, variant of torques ‘necklace, wreath’, from torquere ‘to twist’. The current verb sense was originally US slang and dates from the 1930s.
Idioms
carry a torch for somebody
  1. to be in love with somebody, especially somebody who does not love you in return爱上（尤指单相思）；痴恋Topics Feelingsc2
put something to the torch
  1. (literary) to set fire to something deliberately将…付之一炬

torch

verb
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they torch
/tɔːtʃ/
/tɔːrtʃ/
he / she / it torches
/ˈtɔːtʃɪz/
/ˈtɔːrtʃɪz/
past simple torched
/tɔːtʃt/
/tɔːrtʃt/
past participle torched
/tɔːtʃt/
/tɔːrtʃt/
-ing form torching
/ˈtɔːtʃɪŋ/
/ˈtɔːrtʃɪŋ/
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  1. torch something to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it放火烧，纵火烧（建筑物或汽车）
    • The houses had been looted and then torched.房子被洗劫一空，然后被付之一炬。
    • Rioters threw bottles at police and torched a number of cars.暴徒向警察投掷瓶子，并纵火焚烧了几辆汽车。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French torche, from Latin torqua, variant of torques ‘necklace, wreath’, from torquere ‘to twist’. The current verb sense was originally US slang and dates from the 1930s.
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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