词汇 | torch |
释义 | torchWord family nountorchertorchingtorchbearertorchlighttorch songtorchwoodtorch , Outdoor Electricaltorch1 /tɔːtʃ $ tɔːrtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 We shone our torches around the cavern. →5 see picture at 见图 lamp 我们用手电筒照着山洞。 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. Crimetorch2 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. (1200-1300) Old French torche “bunch of twisted straws, torch”, from Vulgar Latin torca |
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