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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手電筒
    • Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.我插鑰匙時，請用手電筒照着鎖頭。
    Extra Examples
    • The policeman flashed his torch over the men's faces.警察用手電筒照那些男子的臉。
    • The torch flickered and went out.火把閃了幾下熄滅了。
    • 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。
    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噴燈
  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燃燒着的火炬
    • the Olympic torch奧林匹克火炬
    Extra Examples
    • Supporters carried flaming torches to welcome him.支持者們手擎點燃的火炬來歡迎他。
    • They lit their torches from the fire.他們在火上點燃了火把。
    • The torches were burning fiercely.火把熾烈地燃燒着。
    • The path to the castle was lit by blazing torches.通往城堡的路有燃燒的火把照得通亮。
    • Servants were carrying lighted torches.仆人們舉着點燃的火把。
    • (figurative) I'm ready to pass the torch on to the next generation (= let a younger person take my place or job).我随時準備把火炬傳給下一代。
    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愛上（尤指單相思）；癡戀Topics Feelingsc2
put something to the torch
  1. (literary) to set fire to something deliberately將…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放火燒，縱火燒（建築物或汽車）
    • The houses had been looted and then torched.房子被洗劫一空，然後被付之一炬。
    • Rioters threw bottles at police and torched a number of cars.暴徒向警察投擲瓶子，並縱火焚燒了幾輛汽車。
    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.

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