英汉词典

torch 基本解释

• n. 火把，火炬；手电筒；启发之物
• vi. 像火炬一样燃烧
• vt. 用火炬点燃

torch 词态变化

torch 中文词源

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。

torch 英文词源

torch

torch: [13] A torch is etymologically something ‘twisted’. The word comes via Old French torche from Vulgar Latin *torca, which was derived from the Latin verb torquēre ‘twist’ (source also of English torment, torture, etc). The notion underlying the word is of pieces of straw or similar material ‘twisted’ together and then dipped in some inflammable material. That is what it still denotes in American English, but in British English it has been reapplied to a battery-driven alternative to this.
=> torment, torque, torture

torch (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French torche "torch," also "handful of straw" (for wiping or cleaning, hence French torcher "to wipe, wipe down"), originally "twisted thing," then "torch formed of twisted tow dipped in wax," probably from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Late Latin torqua, from Latin torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)).

In Britain, also applied to the battery-driven version (in U.S., a flashlight). To pass the torch is an ancient metaphor from the Greek torch-races (lampadedromia) where the goal was to reach the finish line with the torch still burning. Torch-bearer "leader of a cause" is from 1530s. Torch song is 1927 ("My Melancholy Baby," performed by Tommy Lyman, is said to have been the first so called), from carry a torch "suffer an unrequited love" (also 1927), Broadway slang, but the sense is obscure.

torch (v.)

1819, "illuminate with a torch," from torch (n.). Meaning "set fire to" is from 1931. Related: Torched; torching.

torch 词组搭配

torch 英文释义

1. a light 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

torch 双语例句

1. I was perished. No jacket, no torch, wet through, exhausted.

我快冻僵了。没有外衣，没有火把，浑身湿透了，筋疲力尽。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.

皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。

来自柯林斯例句

3. One of the men shone a torch in his face.

其中一名男子用火把照着他的脸。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.

他一直单恋芭芭拉。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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。

来自《权威词典》

torch 实用场景例句

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。

牛津词典

a flaming torch

燃烧着的火炬

牛津词典

the Olympic torch

奥林匹克火炬

牛津词典

(figurative)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。

牛津词典

They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.

他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

…a torch-lit march for peace.

要求和平的火炬示威游行

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

那伙匪徒为打开金库用氧乙炔炬干了长达10个小时。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The rioters torched the local library...

暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.

轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He has always carried a torch for Barbara.

他一直单恋芭芭拉。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died...

这个团体旨在将游行示威的数百万人与死去的数千人的信念传承下去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy.

自从他 1985 年去世以来，他的遗孀一直致力于保存和发扬他的斯大林主义遗产。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He flashed a torch to guide me.

他用手电筒为我引路.

《简明英汉词典》

Led Torch , Head Light, Keychain, Drink Promotional Items, Laser Pointer, Medical Products Emergency Lights.

采购产品手电筒, 头光, 钥匙链, 饮料宣传品, 激光指针, 医疗产品,紧急照明灯.

期刊摘选

The torch attacks sparked an outpouring of angry nationalism among Chinese at home and abroad.

火炬被袭击事件激起了国内外中国人的愤怒以及民族国家情感的大宣泄.

期刊摘选

We need torch relay, not irreverence to dead, but to bring pride to China!

我们需要快乐的火炬传递, 这不是对死者的不敬, 而是为了给所有的中国人带来骄傲.

期刊摘选

I also want to show Ms Yue respect by carrying the torch for her Olympics.

我还想通过传递奥林匹克火炬来表达我对月女士的敬意.

期刊摘选

Hellfire Torch Firestorm proc rate has been reduced to 5 %.

地狱火火炬火焰风暴触发机率已经减少到5%.

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A great torch may be lighted at a little candle.

小蜡烛点亮大火炬.

期刊摘选

The torch relay resumed at a container port in eastern China's seaport city of Ningbo.

火炬接力在中国东部海港城市宁波的集装箱港口恢复.

期刊摘选

The company office located in Hangzhou, three Cheong Building 2 to torch the building.

公司办公地点位于杭州市文三路昌地火炬大厦2号楼.

期刊摘选

The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.

盗贼将手电筒照进黑暗的房间.

《简明英汉词典》

I hope you brought another torch or a spare battery . This one's at its last gasp.

我希望你多带了一只手电筒或备用电池. 这个手电筒的电池快用完了.

期刊摘选

Shine the torch down here, please.

请把手电筒从这儿往下照.

《简明英汉词典》

Meg has been carrying a torch for Paul for almost two years.

梅格对保罗单恋已经将近两年了.

《简明英汉词典》

He flashed the torch on for a second.

他把手电筒亮了一下.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Shine the torch on so that we can read the labels.

用手电筒照这个标签,我们好看得见.

《简明英汉词典》