torch /ˈtɔrʧ/
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 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"