单词 | torch |
释义 | torch¹ 1.<英>(electric)手电筒 2.(flame)火炬;火把 They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.他们点燃火把, 放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。 like a torch像火炬一样 The house went up like a torch.房子像火炬一样熊熊燃烧起来。 a human torch人体火炬 3.(source of enlightenment)引导(或启迪)之物 4.(flame apparatus)(用于熔焊、焊接的)吹管, 喷灯 The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.那伙匪徒用乙炔炬切割了近10个小时才打开了金库。 5.to carry the torch传递火炬 6.to carry a torch for sb对某人害单相思;暗恋某人 7.to put to the torch放火烧;烧毁 The looted monastery was put to the torch.遭劫的修道院被付之一炬。 torch²<非正式>放火烧;纵火烧 The rioters torched the local library.骚乱分子纵火烧了当地的图书馆。 Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.轿车卡车被付之一炬, 瓶子砖块被乱扔一气。 |
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