torch /ˈtɔrʧ/
火把,啟發之物
TORCH /ˈtɔrʧ/ 名詞
Torch n. 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.
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torch
n 1: a light 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 [syn: common mullein, great
mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly
mullein, Verbascum thapsus]
3: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn: flashlight]
4: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
[syn: blowtorch, blowlamp]
v : burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the
barns"