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torch

tɔːtʃ noun

1 a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand [英] 手电筒; SYNflashlight AmE [美] BrE AmE

We shone our torches around the cavern.

我们用手电筒照着山洞。

2 a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light 火把; 火炬

the Olympic torch

奥林匹克火炬

3

carry a torch for sb

to secretly love and admire someone [过时] 暗恋某人 old-fashioned

verb

4 to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn [非正式] 故意点燃，放火烧

Rioters torched several abandoned cars.

暴徒纵火烧毁了几辆被遗弃的汽车。