torch
US: /ˈtɔɹtʃ/
UK: /tˈɔːtʃ/
UK: /tˈɔːtʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
torch /'tɔ:tʃ/
- danh từ
- đuốc ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- the torch of liberty: ngọn đuốc tự do
- đèn
- electric torch: đèn pin
- to carry a (the) torch for
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (nghĩa bóng) mê (ai), yêu (ai)
- to hand on the torch
- truyền lại kiến thức
- đuốc ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 (BrE) (also flashlight AmE, BrE) a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand: Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.
2 (AmE) = BLOWLAMP
3 a long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light: a flaming torch + the Olympic torch + (figurative) They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
Idioms: put sth to the torch (literary) to set fire to sth deliberately
more at CARRY
+ verb [VN] to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it: The houses had been looted and then torched.
Collocation dictionary
1 electric light carried in the hand
ADJ.
powerful | electric
VERB + TORCH
carry, have | switch off/on, turn off/on | flash, play, point, shine
The policeman played his torch over the men's faces. I shone my torch through the crack.
TORCH + VERB
flash, play, shine
A powerful torch shone in their direction.
TORCH + NOUN
beam
PHRASES
the beam of a torch, light from/of a torch
We struggled to read the map by the light of the torch.
2 piece of burning wood carried to give light
ADJ.
blazing, burning, flaming, flaring, flickering
VERB + TORCH
light
They lit their torches from the fire.
| carry, hold
Servants were carrying lighted torches.
TORCH + VERB
light
The path to the castle was lit by blazing torches.
| burn
The torches were burning fiercely.
| flare | flicker, splutter | go out
The torch flickered and went out.
Concise English dictionary
torches|torched|torchingtɔrtʃ /tɔːtʃ
noun
+a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
+tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
+a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
+a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
verb
+burn maliciously, as by arson
