英语词汇“olympic torch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Olympic torch n. (a) the large receptacle in which the Olympic flame burns on the site of the Olympic Games; (b) any of the torches, often in the form of a metal cylinder or cone, used to convey the Olympic flame to the site of the Olympic (and later also Paralympic) Games by means of a ceremonial relay (cf. Olympic flame n.).

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1931 Jefferson (Iowa) Herald 16 July 2/2 The olympic torch will blaze forth atop the massive peristyle of the stadium.

1934 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 17 Nov. 12/2 (headline) 2,000 to carry Olympic torch.

1956 Rotarian Feb. 37/2 A trumpet fanfare and the crash of saluting guns will be followed by the arrival in the arena of the last of the 2,750 couriers who will have carried the Olympic Torch 2,750 miles south from Cairns, on the north coast of Queensland.

1992 T. Downing Olympia in R. White Brit. Film Inst. Film Classics (2002) 389 This flame then lit the giant Olympic torch in the stadium which burned throughout the games.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Oct. 3 [They] were chosen to design the Olympic torch this year.

单词	olympic torch
释义	> as lemmas Olympic torch Olympic torch n. (a) the large receptacle in which the Olympic flame burns on the site of the Olympic Games; (b) any of the torches, often in the form of a metal cylinder or cone, used to convey the Olympic flame to the site of the Olympic (and later also Paralympic) Games by means of a ceremonial relay (cf. Olympic flame n.). ΚΠ 1931 Jefferson (Iowa) Herald 16 July 2/2 The olympic torch will blaze forth atop the massive peristyle of the stadium. 1934 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 17 Nov. 12/2 (headline) 2,000 to carry Olympic torch. 1956 Rotarian Feb. 37/2 A trumpet fanfare and the crash of saluting guns will be followed by the arrival in the arena of the last of the 2,750 couriers who will have carried the Olympic Torch 2,750 miles south from Cairns, on the north coast of Queensland. 1992 T. Downing Olympia in R. White Brit. Film Inst. Film Classics (2002) 389 This flame then lit the giant Olympic torch in the stadium which burned throughout the games. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Oct. 3 [They] were chosen to design the Olympic torch this year. extracted from Olympicadj.²n. < as lemmas
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