torch

torch
noun
  1. (Brit.)a portable battery-powered electric lamp
    (英)手电筒
    ■(chiefly historical)a portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially
    (主史)火炬，火把
    ■(一般作 the torch)(figurative)used to refer to a valuable quality, principle, or cause, which needs to be protected and maintained
    (喻)（指需要保护和发扬的）品质，原则，事业
    mountain warlords carried the torch of Greek independence.
    山里的军阀们举着希腊独立精神的火炬。
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a blowlamp
    (主北美)喷灯
    ■(US informal)an arsonist
    (美，非正式)纵火犯
verb
  1. [with obj.](informal)set fire to
    (非正式)放火，纵火
    the shops had been looted and torched.
    商店被抢，被烧。
常用词组
carry a torch for
  1. suffer from unrequited love for
    单相思
put to the torch (或 put a torch to)
  1. destroy by burning
    焚毁
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French torche, from Latin torqua, variant of torques 'necklace, wreath', from torquere 'to twist'. The current verb sense was originally US slang and dates from the 1930s
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