| 单词 | torch |
| 释义 | Word Frequency torch(tɔːtʃ) noun 1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries US and Canadian word: flashlight2. a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight 3. anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc the torch of evangelism 4. any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering 5. carry a torch for 6. put to the torch verb 7. (transitive) slang to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson Derived forms torchlike (ˈtorchˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French torche handful of twisted straw, from Vulgar Latin torca (unattested), from Latin torquēre to twist |
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