torched

英 [tɔːtʃt]

美 [tɔːrtʃt]

v.  放火烧，纵火烧(建筑物或汽车)
torch的过去式

COCA.42484

柯林斯词典

• 手电筒
  Atorchis a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand.

in AM, use 美国英语用 flashlight


• N-COUNT 火把;火炬
  Atorchis a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire.
  1. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
     他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
  2. …a torch-lit march for peace.
     要求和平的火炬示威游行
• See also:The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.blowtorch
• VERB 纵火焚烧;放火烧
  If someonetorchesa building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately.
  1. The rioters torched the local library...
     暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
  2. Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.
     轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。
• PHRASE 暗恋;对…单相思
  If you say that someoneis carrying a torch forsomeone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them.
  1. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.
     他一直单恋芭芭拉。
• PHRASE (为…)奋战;(为…)奋斗
  If you say that someone iscarrying the torchof a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger.
  1. This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died...
     这个团体旨在将游行示威的数百万人与死去的数千人的信念传承下去。
  2. Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy.
     自从他 1985 年去世以来，他的遗孀一直致力于保存和发扬他的斯大林主义遗产。

双语例句

• Bryant is second in the NBA in scoring and has torched the Rockets in recent meetings.
  布莱恩特是NBA得分第二高的球员，而且还曾经在最近的采访中赞扬过火箭队。
• Angry passengers are said to have torched at least eight wagons and thrown ticket vending machines onto rail lines.
  据称，愤怒的乘客点燃了至少八辆列车，并且将售票机扔到铁轨上。
• The British had torched the White House and Capitol in Washington and they headed north to Baltimore.
  英国人当时焚毁了华盛顿的白宫和国会大厦，他们还占领了北巴尔的摩。
• The rioters torched the local library
  暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
• Now I wish I hadn't torched our wedding photos.
  我真希望没有烧掉我们的结婚照。
• As the famine worsens, hungry farmers threaten to attack Fan, who calls in the guards, setting up the first big action sequence: a bitter fight in which many are killed and the village is torched.
  当饥荒越来越严重，饥饿的农民们威胁要攻击范殿元。范殿元叫来了守卫，第一次采取了大规模的行动。很多人丧生于这场苦战，村庄也被烧毁了。
• LF she found out that you torched that place for her.
  如果她发现你为她烧了那个地方。
• A hotel founded with the help of a government foundation was also torched.
  在某一政府基金会帮助下成立的一家酒店也被烧毁。
• That doesn't mean that he torched the raft.
  那并不就意味着他会纵火烧筏子。
• Hundreds of rioters lobbed petrol bombs and more at the police, torched vehicles, smashed shops and taunted shopkeepers as they robbed them.
  几百名暴徒向警察投掷***和其他物品、将交通工具付之一炬、砸毁商店，并在抢劫的时候辱骂店主。