torch

US [tɔrtʃ]
UK [tɔː(r)tʃ]
  • n.火炬；手电筒；火把
  • v.纵火烧（建筑物或汽车）
  • Web优生四项；优生五项；焊炬
Plural Form：torches  Present Participle：torching  Past Tense：torched  

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Torch
n.
1.
手电筒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.
我插钥匙时，请用手电筒照着锁头。
2.
火炬；火把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
燃烧着的火炬
the Olympic torch
奥林匹克火炬
They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
他们为使理想主义和希望的火炬不熄灭而奋斗。
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put sth to the torch
将…付之一炬to set fire to sth deliberately
v.
1.
~ sth
放火烧，纵火烧（建筑物或汽车）to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it

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1.
A beggar who was seen through the light of electric torch was sleeping in front of him door.
手电筒的光照出一个乞丐睡在他家门口。
shǒu diàn tǒng de guāng zhào chū yī gè qǐ gài shuì zài tā jiā mén kǒu 。
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2.
We shall never allow that torch of freedom to be blown out, however high the wind or stormy the tempest.
无论多么风狂雨暴，我们绝不让自由的火炬熄灭。
wú lùn duō me fēng kuáng yǔ bào , wǒ men jué bù ràng zì yóu de huǒ jù xī miè 。
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3.
But he said the IOC's executive board could limit future torch relays to within the borders of the Olympic host nation.
不过，他说，奥委会执委会未来可能会将奥运火炬传递限制在奥运会主办国境内。
bú guò , tā shuō , ào wěi huì zhí wěi huì wèi lái kě néng huì jiāng ào yùn huǒ jù chuán dì xiàn zhì zài ào yùn huì zhǔ bàn guó jìng nèi 。
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4.
The next leg of the torch relay takes place in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
火炬传递的下一个跑着将在广东的深圳开跑。
huǒ jù chuán dì de xià yī gè pǎo zhe jiāng zài guǎng dōng de shēn zhèn kāi pǎo 。
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5.
After two years it had all become so familiar that I did not need a torch.
两年的时间让我如此熟悉，我甚至不需要一根火把。
liǎng nián de shí jiān ràng wǒ rú cǐ shú xī , wǒ shèn zhì bù xū yào yī gēn huǒ bǎ 。
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6.
He took out a torch but it was useless, for the battery had run down.
他掏出手电，但没用，因为电池耗尽了。
tā tāo chū shǒu diàn , dàn méi yòng , yīn wèi diàn chí hào jìn le 。
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7.
He was always careful to keep his torch pointed at the floor if he was there at night and to leave no trace of his visit.
当晚上偷入香闺时，他总是十分小心地将手电照向地板，并且不留任何入侵的痕迹。
dàng wǎn shàng tōu rù xiāng guī shí , tā zǒng shì shí fēn xiǎo xīn de jiāng shǒu diàn zhào xiàng dì bǎn , bìng qiě bù liú rèn hé rù qīn de hén jì 。
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8.
Some couples even asked if it would be possible to take photographs during the torch relay so that it could be captured in the frames.
有些新人甚至询问在火炬接力的过程中拍照行不行，这样的话就能照下圣火了。
yǒu xiē xīn rén shèn zhì xún wèn zài huǒ jù jiē lì de guò chéng zhōng pāi zhào xíng bù xíng , zhè yàng de huà jiù néng zhào xià shèng huǒ le 。
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9.
More attention, he recognized the fact that it possessed a human form and that this torch was the Bishop.
他才看出那火炬似的光具有人形，并且就是那位主教。
tā cái kàn chū nà huǒ jù shì de guāng jù yǒu rén xíng , bìng qiě jiù shì nà wèi zhǔ jiào 。
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10.
I knocked on the door and a woman in a white satin gown holding a flaming torch came out and asked me what I wanted.
我敲敲门，一个身穿白色缎袍的女人举着一把熊熊的火炬，走出来问我想干什么。
wǒ qiāo qiāo mén , yī gè shēn chuān bái sè duàn páo de nǚ rén jǔ zhe yī bǎ xióng xióng de huǒ jù , zǒu chū lái wèn wǒ xiǎng gàn shén me 。
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