Čo znamená torch v angličtine a aká je definícia torch?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť torch výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

torch Význam & definícia

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.

The torch sends out a powerful beam of light.
The policeman walked along the street, shining a torch into every car.
The lighting of the Olympic torch symbolizes peace and friendship among the nations of the world.
She flashed the torch into the dark room.
Another aspect that constantly appeared in festivities was light, manifested in a great variety of forms like torches, bon®res and ®reworks.
Specifically, he noted the references to the four directions in the same order in both almanacs and the pictures of offerings, serpents, and torches.
Talk of the shining of torches and the searching of storage rooms is likely to produce the impression that the epistemological process envisioned was a lengthy one.
They could be on horseback or walking through the streets; if they were performing at night, others holding torches accompanied them, so that they could be seen clearly.