torch的意思|torch的解释-里氏词典

torch [tɒ:tʃ]

n. 火把, 启发之物

[化] 火炬

[医] 喷灯, 吹焰器

torch

[ noun ]

a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

<noun.artifact>

tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

<noun.plant>

a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

<noun.artifact>

a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

burn maliciously, as by arson

<verb.change>

The madman torched the barns

Torch \Torch\ (t[^o]rch), n. [OE. torche, F. torche a torch,
rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere,
tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher
to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist,
OF. torse a torse. Cf. {Torture}.]
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as
of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp
giving a large, flaring flame.

They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.

{Torch thistle}. (Bot.) See under {Thistle}.

flashlight \flash"light`\ n.
a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be
held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but
other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a {torch}

Syn: torch.
[WordNet 1.5]

Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also {torch}, and
{hig-taper}.

A once expressive actress - remember Polanski's Repulsion? - is now cast forever as the First Lady of French cinema. If Hollywood had a star as inanimate as this, they would consign her to stand-in work for the Columbia torch lady.
A memorial is scheduled at Point Stadium near the stone bridge and will include the lighting of a torch, the ringing of church bells, sirens, brief fireworks and a citywide moment of silence.
The torch of leadership has passed to an able and energetic young Democrat.
Each beacon will be lit by runners moving in relay with an Olympic torch.
So what if Eve, who had dreamed of being a torch singer, grew so bored by the drudgery of suburban housewifery that she would throw plates against the wall to remind herself she was alive?
Protesters burned the American flag and shouted "Yankee go home." About 200 students took part in a "Stop the Olympic Torch Rally" at Kyungwon to block the torch as it passed on the road in front of the school.
They noted Saddam's warnings this spring that he would torch half of Israel with binary chemical weapons if Iraq ever came under attack by Israel.
When the presidential torch is passed Friday to George Bush, the transition will be quite unlike the inaugural experience of the nation's second president, one historian says.
The Executive Secretary In a quiet building near the U.S. Capitol, James Foreman, 59, struggles to carry the torch.
The agency said two men were arrested early Wednesday while trying to use a propane torch to cut down a utility-line pole leading from an electrical substation in Wenden, Ariz.
One man brandished a torch and demanded to be flown abroad and another threatened to blow up a passenger plane in two unsuccessful attempts to hijack Soviet planes, news reports said Thursday.
Top officials of a coal mine where 10 men died in an explosion last month believe an acetylene torch sparked the blast, a newspaper reported Friday.
With officialdom in disarray, it has fallen to certain stalwarts to carry the torch for Columbus.
Miss Wilson, a musical comedy veteran, wrings some honest emotion from a torch song called "The Music Went Out of My Life," the closest thing the musical has to a showstopper.
Fundamentalists in black ski masks torch the shops of Bethlehem merchants who refuse to follow strike orders and fight PLO followers with stones and clubs in an attempt to assert control.
Through the influence of those named Lieder grandees, and others as well, younger communicators have been found to carry the torch.
The torch relay began Aug. 23 in Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympics.
A flight attendant who smelled ether discovered the man in the lavatory, along with about a quarter-ounce of crack, a torch, ether and butane, Stutman said.
He said the plumber set the torch on the floor and went to find something to extinguish the fire.
The torch will be lit tomorrow afternoon at the opening ceremonies of the Games in Calgary, Alberta.
A construction worker said that workers were using a propane torch to melt rubber to lay a new roof on top of the building.
"As the day heats up, you'll get these reburns going out and the trees dry out and they'll torch," said Forest Service spokesman Ed Christian in Wyoming.
Some posters show the Los Angeles Coliseum with its torch and giant Olympic symbol.
The floor of the cave was littered with the collectors' old batteries and torch bulbs. Modern Malaysia and the tourist industry is removing the mystery from Borneo -the swiftlets are almost certainly decreasing in numbers.
From Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto's 1987 acceptance speech after being awarded the Lenin Prize in Moscow: I believe the Soviet Union is a great torch which emits hope for the preservation of peace on our planet.
Investigators believed sparks from a welder's torch ignited fumes rising from water that was mixed with volatile liquids, he said.
Other chemists at the lab have grown diamond crystals by using an oxygen-acetylene torch, Butler said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was slightly burned on his arm and face when he threw a torch onto a pile of confiscated narcotics, officials said.
Spanish Ambassador Don Jose de la Bellacasa, letting bygones be bygones, used a long-handled, flaming torch to fire the first beacon on a damp and drizzly night.
On Sept. 6, an explosion aboard a Greek oil tanker undergoing repairs at a shipyard near Piraeus killed four workers and injured another 16. The blast was caused by gas fumes igniting in a fuel tank, possibly by a spark from a welder's torch.

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