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torch/tɔ:tʃ/ n. & v.●n. 1 (also 亦作 electric torch) Brit. a portable battery-powered electric lamp [英]手电筒 2a a piece of wood, cloth, etc., soaked in tallow and lit for illumination (木头或布料等浸入油脂然后点燃用以照明的)火把，火炬 b any similar lamp, e.g. an oil lamp on a pole 火炬式灯(如立柱上的油灯) 3 a source of heat, illumination, or enlightenment (热、光明或启迪的)源泉 bore aloft the torch of freedom 高擎起自由的火炬 4 esp. N. Amer. a blowlamp [尤北美]喷灯 5 US slang an arsonist [美] [俚语]纵火犯 ●v. tr. esp. N. Amer. slang set alight with a torch. [尤北美] [俚语]用火炬点燃(或照亮) □ carry a torch for suffer from unrequited love for 对…害单相思 □ put to the torch destroy by burning 付之一炬 [Middle English via Old French torche from Latin torqua, from torquēre ‘to twist’] |