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torch

英 /tɔːtʃ/美 /tɔːrtʃ/
  • n.
    <英>手电筒；火把；（象征具有重大积极影响的政治运动或思想的）火炬；喷灯；（美，非正式）纵火犯
  • v.
    纵火焚烧，放火烧
复数torches
第三人称单数torches
现在分词torching
过去式torched
过去分词torched
CET4CET6考研

词语例句

  1. <英>手电筒cn.

    • 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。

  2. 火把cn.

    六级

    • The shepherd followed, carrying a torch to light his way.

      牧羊人跟在后面，举着火把把路照亮。

    • Prometheus lit a torch from the chariot and put the fire in a hollow stalk that he concealed under his cloak.

      普罗米修斯从战车上点燃一支火把，把火放在一根空心的茎里，藏在他的斗篷里。

  3. （象征具有重大积极影响的政治运动或思想的）火炬n. (sing.)

    • 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。

  4. 喷灯cn.

    • The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.

      这帮强盗为了打开金库，用乙炔吹管干了长达10个小时。

  1. One of the men shone a torch in his face.
    其中一个男子用火把照着他的脸。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. Len studied it a moment in the beam of his torch.
    莱恩借着手电筒的光把它仔细察看了一会儿。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  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。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • Operation Torch
    火炬行动；登陆行动；火炬作战
  • Human Torch
    霹雳火；火焰人；霹雳火二代
  • blow torch
    喷灯；焊接用喷灯；气炬
  • Torch Festival
    火把节
  • Olympic torch
    奥运火炬；奥林匹克火炬；奥运会火炬；奥运圣火

词语扩展

n.
firebrandflashlight
火把，火炬；手电筒；启发之物
n.
torchbearer启蒙者；持火炬者

词义分布

火炬
67.8%
火把
12.7%
手电筒
8%
炬
7.6%
电筒
3.6%
吹管
0.4%

英英释义

  • n.a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
  • n.tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
  • n.a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
  • n.a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
  • v.burn maliciously, as by arson
  1. n.
    a small electric light that you carry in your hand
    手电筒
  2. n.
    a long stick or object that has a flame at one end
    火炬；火把
    • Wood carried the famous Torch into the stadium.
      伍德手持那把著名的火炬进了体育场。

词源

  • torch
    来自中世纪英语torche, 来自古法语torche, 来自中世纪拉丁语tortia, 来自拉丁语tortus, 来自拉丁语torqueō.
  • torch火炬，火把；喷火器；焊炬；气割炬；(=flashlight)手电筒
    -tort-扭,拧 → torch火炬
  • torch火把，火炬，手电筒
    来自古法语 torche,火把，草把，来自拉丁语 torquere,扭曲，转，扎，词源同 turn,torque.引申 词义手电筒。