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torch 音标拼音: [t'ɔrtʃ] n. 火把,启发之物 火把,启发之物 torch n 1: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance 2: tall- stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches [ synonym: { common mullein}, { great mullein}, { Aaron' s rod}, { flannel mullein}, { woolly mullein}, { torch}, { Verbascum thapsus}] 3: a small portable battery- powered electric lamp [ synonym: { flashlight}, { torch}] 4: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame [ synonym: { blowtorch}, { torch}, { blowlamp}] v 1: burn maliciously, as by arson; " The madman torched the barns" 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]
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. [ 1913 Webster] They light the nuptial torch. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] { Torch thistle}. ( Bot.) See under { Thistle}. [ 1913 Webster]
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}. [ 1913 Webster] 94 Moby Thesaurus words for " torch": acetylene welder, angle, arsonist, bait the hook, bank, blast lamp, blowpipe, blowtorch, bob, brand, burn, burner, butane lighter, candle, cigarette lighter, clam, conflagrate, cresset, dap, dib, dibble, drive, electric light bulb, enkindle, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fire, firebrand, firebug, fish, flambeau, flame, flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fly- fish, fusee, gig, glim, go fishing, grig, guddle, ignite, igniter, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, inflame, jack, jacklight, jig, kindle, lamp, lantern, light, light bulb, light source, light up, lighter, link, luminant, luminary, match, moon, net, portfire, rekindle, relight, relume, seine, set fire to, set on fire, shrimp, signal flare, source of light, sparker, spill, spin, stars, still- fish, stir the fire, stoke, stoke the fire, strike a light, sun, taper, touch off, trawl, troll, welder, welding blowpipe, whale
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