torch

• اسم يدل على أداة محمولة للإضاءة، إما عصا في أحد طرفيها نار مشتعلة، أو جهاز كهربائي صغير يعمل عادة بالبطاريات (المصباح اليدوي).

A noun referring to a portable light source, typically powered by batteries (flashlight in American English) or a stick with a flame at one end.

1. A1formalbritish

   A portable light source that uses batteries to produce light.

   مصباح يدوي

   • He used a torch to find his way in the dark.
   • I always keep a torch in my car for emergencies.
   • She shone the torch on the path ahead.

   المرادفاتflashlightlight

2. Flame on a stickA2formal

   A long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light.

   شعلة على عصا

   • The Olympic torch was carried through the city.
   • They lit torches to illuminate the ancient cave.
   • The villagers carried torches during the night procession.

   المرادفاتbrandflambeaulink

• فعل يعني إشعال شيء ما عمدًا وإضرام النار فيه، أو إحراقه بالنار، وقد يعني إضاءة شيء بالمصباح في سياق آخر.

A verb meaning to set fire to something deliberately, or to cause something to burn.

1. Set on fireB2informal

   To deliberately set something on fire, often with the intent to destroy it.

   إحراق عمداً

   • The vandals torched the abandoned car.
   • Protesters torched the building during the riot.
   • He was arrested for torching a warehouse.

   المرادفاتburnigniteincineratekindlelightset ablaze

   الأضدادdouseextinguishquenchsmother

2. B2informalamerican

   To completely destroy or ruin something, often in a figurative sense.

   دمّر أو أفسد

   • The scandal torched his political career.
   • She torched all her old diaries in a fit of anger.
   • The bad review torched the restaurant's reputation.

   المرادفاتburndemolishdestroydevastaterazeruintrashwastewreck

   الأضدادbuildconstructcreatepreserverepairrestore