Význam torch v slovenčine

• 0 a small light that is held in the hand and usually gets its power from batteries:

  • She flashed/shone the torch into the dark room.

  • a flaming/blazing torch

  • literary Many buildings were put to the torch (= burned intentionally) during the riots.

  • She promised that the party would carry the torch of progressivism into the next decade.

• 1 to burn a building or other large thing, intentionally and usually illegally:

  • They smashed a side door to get in and then torched the warehouse when they had taken what they wanted.

• 2 a stick that burns at one end and is held at the other end and is used esp. as a light:

  • Which athlete will carry the Olympic torch into the stadium?

  • After he retired, the torch passed to his daughter, who now runs the organization.

• 3 to burn something intentionally and usually illegally:

  • They torched the warehouse and ran.