n. 火炬,火把;【机械工程】气炬,喷灯;〔英国〕手电筒;知识的光[源泉];〔美俚〕手枪。 the torch of Hymen 恋情。 the inverted torch 倒火炬,死的象征。 an electric torch 手电筒。 carry a [the] torch for 迷恋,单恋;热烈赞助。 hand on the torch 把知识[文化]的火把传给后代。
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame 同义词:blowtorch, blowlamp,
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp 同义词:flashlight,
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches 同义词:common mullein, great mullein, Aaron''s rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, Verbascum thapsus,
burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
例句与用法
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A torch symbolizes the brightness ( of the future ) . 火炬象征光明。
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Light the torch -- i can not see the path . 打开电筒吧我看不见道儿。
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I think she's carrying a torch for me . 我觉得她是在对我抱着极大的好感。
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Shine your torch into the drawer . 你用手电筒照一下这抽屉里面。
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Suddenly somebody flashed an electric torch . 手电筒霍然一亮。
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He flashed the torch on for a second . 他把手电筒亮了一下。
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His emblems are the spear and the burning torch . 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。
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The torch has been passed to a new generation of americans . 这支火炬已传交新一代的美国人。
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I asked him to sing the torch song "what's new? " 我请他唱那支伤感的流行歌曲《新的东西是什么》。
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The stranger's face still flared like a smoky torch . 那位陌生人的面容仍然象点燃的火距那样闪耀着。