...火炬”,短语“torch songs”常被指代为“感伤恋歌”,而演唱这类歌曲的歌手则被认为是“torch singers”(专唱感伤恋歌的歌手)。 值得一提的是,“carry the torch”除了表示“单恋”,还可用以形容“执着于某一事业或理想”。
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Others, like Iraqi-born Adel Abidin, dealt directly with dictatorship, in his case through videos of blonde torchsingers singing the patriotic pro-Baathist songs of his youth.