单词	torch
释义	torch1 nountorch2 verb torchtorch1 /tɔːtʃ $ tɔːrtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtorch1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French torche ‘bunch of twisted straws, torch’, from Vulgar Latin torca Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After a cursory check, Myeloski went off to talk to the guard at the gate and find a torch. Down below, he could see the single torch beam which illuminated Devlin, the girl and Gilbert. If he ever guessed that she carried this stupid, hopeless torch for him, he would ... what? Ipuky's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation. It was a photo of a robed woman with a sharp star for a halo and a torch in her upraised hand. Working on the torch principle the gun became a simple projector. Thesaurus THESAURUS► light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see: · She switched the kitchen light on.· The lights in the house were all off. ► lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas – often used in names of lights: · a bedside lamp· a street lamp· a desk lamp· a table lamp· an old oil lamp· a paraffin lamp ► lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light: · The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles. ► torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand: · We shone our torches around the cavern. ► candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light: · The restaurant was lit by candles. ► bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from: · a 100 watt bulb· an energy-saving light bulb WORD SETS► Electrical alternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a car/torch/phone etc battery · Have you checked your mobile phone battery? COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► flaming · He grabbed a flaming torch and wielded it in front of him.· Each carried a whip and flaming torch with which to chivy both mortal offenders and recalcitrant gods.· Underneath was a moulded jetty, close-studding with a herringbone gable, carved flaming torches supporting an oriel window. ► olympic · She was held up as a living version of the Olympic torch, burning with the spirit of sportsmanship.· I could swear the Olympic torch carrier who came running past my street the other day was a dwarf.· The Olympic torch will be carried into the stadium. ► powerful · One of them was using a much more powerful torch than Canon Oglethorpe's, without any attempt to conceal its light.· At intervals I wandered round the camp, flashing my powerful torch into the darkness.· I retained my archers but took away their bows and arrows and gave them powerful, waterproof torches instead. ► small · I was allowed to carry a small torch then, and had another student with me.· If some one shines a small torch at one end, the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other.· Analysis Here's a very simple example of the start of a media relations programme for a small company producing torches.· The Doctor pulled a small torch from his pocket and clicked it on.· The robot holds a small torch in its gripper.· There is a hook dead centre for hanging a small torch. NOUN► beam · Down below, he could see the single torch beam which illuminated Devlin, the girl and Gilbert.· They gazed into my torch beam like cons caught in razor wire.· Caught in the torch beam were a pair of eyes, glittering ebony pupils widening in shock.· Bernice ran forward into the darkness, her torch beam bobbing in front of her.· He swept the torch beam round the short passage and saw the two cell doors on his left were ajar.· Something scuttled out of the torch beam, hopping across the ceiling lathes into the shadows. VERB► carry · Britain could carry the torch of freedom, truth, toleration and peace.· Aaron Hammon is a recovering speed freak; he has carried a torch for the drug methamphetamine since childhood.· I was allowed to carry a small torch then, and had another student with me.· I refuse to allow you to inspect my cellars simply because you have seen my young sister carrying a torch.· If anyone is carrying the Adler torch of the confluence of jazz and ballad, it is Kidd.· Was it possible poor old Harry was still carrying a torch for Pickles?· One feels a certain sympathy for those selected to carry the torch in New Zealand.· But all the time he himself was carrying his own torch for a lost love. ► flash · When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches.· Blagg had tried a brief smile when Maxim flashed the torch on himself for identification, but didn't speak.· He flashed his torch up on to the walls and had another look at the barbed wire.· Up in the bows, one of the bureaucrats flashed a torch twice, waited five seconds and repeated the signal.· At intervals I wandered round the camp, flashing my powerful torch into the darkness. ► hold · No doubt somebody had held a torch for him.· For nine days Demeter wanders, wild with grief, holding torches in both hands.· He ran forward, holding his torch out straight in front of him, like the very last runner in some crazy relay race.· The robot holds a small torch in its gripper.· He began to unbutton his trousers, holding his torch between his upper arm and side.· Henry kept tight hold of the leg, and he held on to his torch too. ► light · Guests arrived by horse-drawn carriages and the path to the Castle was lit by blazing torches.· Narine Baney taps softly on a beaker with his knuckle, then lights his torch.· They had lit a torch which was flaring and smoking in an iron bracket.· Silver: Muhammad Ali lights the torch.· Ipuky's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation.· Some streets are dimly lit by smoking torches, but the houses have only the shadowy light of candles and oil-lamps.· Under the bedclothes, Rory pressed a lit torch into the palm of his hand, into his bunched fingers.· Some had lit the torches and roasted other men alive in the middle of the night. ► put · Five men came to my place and beat me up and put the torch to my place.· He left behind a closetful of fine suits and white shirts, which Magnus also put to the torch.· Then his men put a torch to the thatch roof of every cabin before they rode away.· He put down the torch and used both hands to scoop up his last-minute discovery.· It was so cold in that studio, no wonder that painter put a torch to the Champs Elysees. ► shine · There were three more rooms and Henry crept through them, shining his torch carefully round.· Joe noticed his absence in the night, shining a torch to avoid stepping on him but finding no sign of Fred.· First he swam out shining his torch for the paddler to see.· If some one shines a small torch at one end, the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other.· I shine my pocket torch on to hundreds of crabs skittering into the sea.· Moving gingerly, she went over to it and lifted one corner of the cloth, shining her torch on the canvas.· On convertibles, shine a torch down into the well that the hood folds into and check for rust.· Jack hastened to the front of the box shining his torch across the tracks. ► switch · He switched on his torch and found himself alone in the office.· Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed.· He opened the door, switching off the torch and closing the door behind him.· Then he switched his own torch off.· I mended the tent-pole bag and listened to another sermon before switching off my torch.· He switched on his torch and stepped round the corner.· In the end he switched the torch on.· He switched on his torch - there was, of course, no electrical power left. ► take · He took a torch with him, left the car and entered the old building.· Then it was that the West took up the torch.· Endill took his torch and screwdriver with him in case there was anything to unscrew.· Kissing became the gesture of romantic love, and future actors took up the torch.· They took the torch with them.· She took a torch from the shelf and we crept into the night, children on a midnight dare.· As they waited, Maltravers silently took the torch from Sally Baker's hand, then they stiffened as the lychgate creaked.· As some spiders only come out when it is dark, take a torch and go searching in the evening. ► turn · He turned on the torch and shone it round the shed.· She turned on his heavy-duty torch.· He turned on his own torch and started wondering how he was going to get out.· So I turned on my electric torch and there was nobody there. ► use · You use a torch to see anything.· Also we stopped using our little paraffin lamp during the night watch, and used torches instead.· Go to the dark room. 24. Use the torch. 25.· As a 10-year-old kid Pauline used a stolen acetylene torch to decapitate the globe of a gumball machine.· At night we use big torches, and night vision equipment to get evidence.· Look at the Morse code chart and, using a torch, try to spell out your name.· Poke around any plumbing, lift any loose floorboards and inspect the joists, using your screwdriver and torch. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► carry a torch for somebody Aaron Hammon is a recovering speed freak; he has carried a torch for the drug methamphetamine since childhood. Was it possible poor old Harry was still carrying a torch for Pickles? PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► carry a torch for somebody Seth has been carrying a torch for Liz ever since high school. Aaron Hammon is a recovering speed freak; he has carried a torch for the drug methamphetamine since childhood. Was it possible poor old Harry was still carrying a torch for Pickles? ► carry the torch of something Ancient Greeks carried the torch of scientific study for many centuries. Britain could carry the torch of freedom, truth, toleration and peace. 1 British English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand SYN flashlight American English:  We shone our torches around the cavern.2a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light:  the Olympic torch3carry a torch for somebody old-fashioned to secretly love and admire someone torch1 nountorch2 verb torchtorch2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE torch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they torch he, she, it torches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they torched Present perfect I, you, we, they have torched he, she, it has torched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had torched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will torch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have torched Continuous Form Present I am torching he, she, it is torching you, we, they are torching Past I, he, she, it was torching you, we, they were torching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been torching he, she, it has been torching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been torching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be torching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been torching Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It looked to me like someone had torched the place. Thibault was caught torching the restaurant. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bunny threatened to chainsaw the flat in Muswell Hill and torch the goldfish, although maybe it was the other way round. He found himself before the emperor a second time, after torching a pagan idol; his punishment was a severe flogging. Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat, torch his tongue. We see him move slowly through the ranks, from fencing stolen goods to torching ailing business interests. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something start burning► set fire to something/set something on fire to make something start to burn, so that it gets damaged: · Vandals set fire to an empty warehouse near the docks last night.· Teresa wondered if the burning log might set fire to the curtains.· The Vikings attacked villages along the coast and set them on fire.· The heat from the stove almost set the wallpaper on fire. ► light : light a cigarette/fire/candle etc to make a cigarette, fire etc start to burn: · Ricky sat down and lit a cigarette.· We searched around for twigs and fallen branches, so we could light a fire. ► torch informal to deliberately make something start to burn in order to destroy it: · It looked to me like someone had torched the place. ► ignite to make something start to burn, especially something that burns easily such as a gas or chemical: · The gas is ignited by an electrical spark.· If the mixture proves difficult to ignite, increase the proportion of ethylene. WORD SETS► Crime abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a car/torch/phone etc battery · Have you checked your mobile phone battery? Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► carry a torch for somebody Seth has been carrying a torch for Liz ever since high school. Aaron Hammon is a recovering speed freak; he has carried a torch for the drug methamphetamine since childhood. Was it possible poor old Harry was still carrying a torch for Pickles? ► carry the torch of something Ancient Greeks carried the torch of scientific study for many centuries. Britain could carry the torch of freedom, truth, toleration and peace. informal to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn:  Rioters torched several abandoned cars.
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