torch

英 [tɔːtʃ] 美 [tɔːrtʃ]

• n. 手电筒；火炬；火把；<俚>纵火犯
• v. 纵火

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]手电筒

   a small electric light carried in the hand

2. [C]火把,火炬

   a mass of burning material tied to a stick and carried by hand to give light

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 火把，火炬
2. <英>手电筒，手电
3. <美>喷灯，喷嘴
4. 【机】气炬
5. 知识的光
6. 手枪
7. 焊枪
8. 吹焰器
9. 光，光芒
10. <美俚>纵火者
11. <美>吹管

v. 动词

1. 放火（烧），纵火（烧）
2. 用火炬点燃

abbr. 缩略词

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英英释义

Noun:

1. a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

2. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

3. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

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

Verb:

1. burn maliciously, as by arson;

   "The madman torched the barns"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He turned on the torch to look for his keys.
   他打开了手电筒，寻找钥匙。
2. Shine your torch into the drawer.
   你用手电筒照一下这抽屉里面。
3. The torch flared in the darkness.
   火炬在黑暗中闪光。
4. 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。
5. The kids were shining a torch into the black hole.
   孩子们拿着火把向黑洞里照去。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The rioters began to torch the buildings.
   暴民开始放火烧楼。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
   盗贼将手电筒照进黑暗的房间。
2. The campers lit torches from the campfire.
   露营者用营火点燃火把。

经典引文

• Torches made of..stakes and rags soaked in..turpentine.

  出自： W. Styron

• Follow the jerking moon of her torch's beam.

  出自： P. D. James

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

carry a torch for

对(某人)钟情be in love with sb

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bear a torch 举着火炬
• take a torch 拿手电筒

名词+～

• pine torch 松枝火把

介词+～

• the light of a torch 火炬的光
• put sth to the torch 把某物付之一炬

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的torche，意为火炬。

近反义词

【近义词】

• light 光
• lamp 灯
• lantern 灯笼
• flashlight 手电筒
• burn down 烧成平地
• set on fire 使燃烧
• set fire to 使燃烧
• incinerate 焚化(废物)
• penlight 笔形电筒的
• flash 闪光
• candle 蜡烛
• blowlamp 汽油吹焰管
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