| 单词 | torch |
| 释义 | torch n. & v. --n 1. (also electric torch) Brit. a portable battery-powered electric lamp. 2. a a piece of wood, cloth, etc., soaked in tallow and lighted for illumination. b any similar lamp, e.g. an oil-lamp on a pole. 3. a source of heat, illumination, or enlightenment (bore aloft the torch of freedom). 4. esp. US a blowlamp. 5. US sl. an arsonist. --vtr. esp. US sl. set alight with a torch. Phrases and idioms carry a torch for suffer from unrequited love for. put to the torch destroy by burning. torch-fishing catching fish by torchlight at night. torch-race Gk Antiq. a festival performance of runners handing lighted torches to others in relays. torch singer a woman who sings torch songs. torch song a popular song of unrequited love. torch-thistle any tall cactus of the genus Cereus, with funnel-shaped flowers which open at night. Etymology: ME f. OF torche f. L torqua f. torquere twist |
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