torches

英 [ˈtɔːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈtɔːrtʃɪz]

n.  手电筒; 火炬; 火把
v.  放火烧，纵火烧(建筑物或汽车)
torch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 手电筒
  Atorchis a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand.

in AM, use 美国英语用 flashlight


• N-COUNT 火把;火炬
  Atorchis a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire.
  1. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
     他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
  2. …a torch-lit march for peace.
     要求和平的火炬示威游行
• See also:The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.blowtorch
• VERB 纵火焚烧;放火烧
  If someonetorchesa building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately.
  1. The rioters torched the local library...
     暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
  2. Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.
     轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。
• PHRASE 暗恋;对…单相思
  If you say that someoneis carrying a torch forsomeone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them.
  1. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.
     他一直单恋芭芭拉。
• PHRASE (为…)奋战;(为…)奋斗
  If you say that someone iscarrying the torchof a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger.
  1. This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died...
     这个团体旨在将游行示威的数百万人与死去的数千人的信念传承下去。
  2. Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy.
     自从他 1985 年去世以来，他的遗孀一直致力于保存和发扬他的斯大林主义遗产。

双语例句

• The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.
  那伙匪徒为打开金库用氧乙炔炬干了长达10个小时。
• A gust of wind made the torches flare. A puff of wind blew out the candle.
  一阵风吹得火把摇曳。一阵风吹熄了蜡烛。
• Attendants lighted his way with pine torches.
  他的随从用松枝火把给他照路。
• Also, they made torches out of flax, which can burn oil.
  他们也用麻燃油作火把。
• The smell of dust and welding torches.
  路边焊接和粉尘的味道。
• After an interval the king spoke, his voice barely louder than the hissing of the torches.
  过了一会儿，国王开了口，他的声音比火把的嘶嘶声仅仅高一点儿。
• Torches going through the village.
  整个村庄点满了火把。
• Many among them, women and children, only armed with axes, torches, and pitchforks.
  他们中许多，只是妇女儿童，却拿起斧子，火把和草叉。
• The torches flared in the wind.
  那些火炬的火焰在风中摇曳。
• We shone our torches on the snowman.
  我们把手电筒照向雪人。