torch

• 指便携式光源，通常用电池供电（美式英语称手电筒），或指一端有火焰的火把。

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.

   手电筒

   • 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.

   同义词flashlightlight

2. Flame on a stickA2formal

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

   火把

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

   同义词brandflambeaulink

• 动词，指故意点燃某物使其燃烧，也指纵火焚烧。

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.

   纵火

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

   同义词burnigniteincineratekindlelightset ablaze

   反义词douseextinguishquenchsmother

2. B2informalamerican

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

   毁掉

   • 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.

   同义词burndemolishdestroydevastaterazeruintrashwastewreck

   反义词buildconstructcreatepreserverepairrestore