torch

1. A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

   The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire’s castle.

   Fackel

   фа́келfákel, све́точsvétoč

   смолоски́пsmoloskýp, фа́келfákel

2. A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

   (шире)A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.

3. (шире)A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.

4. (шире)A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.

5. (шире, во множественном числе)The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).

6. (переносно)A source of enlightenment or guidance.

7. (переносно)In carry, hand on, pass on, take up the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.

8. (США, сленг)An arsonist.

9. (шире, устаревшее)A cactus with a very elongated body; a ceroid cactus; a torch cactus or torch-thistle.

1. Tom is carrying a torch.

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2. Tom was carrying a torch.

   ukТом ніс факел.

   deTom hatte eine Taschenlampe in der Hand.

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3. There's a torch in my rucksack.

   У меня в рюкзаке есть фонарик.

   deIn meinem Rucksack ist eine Taschenlampe.

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4. The streets are full of torched cars.

   На улицах полно сожжённых машин.

   deDie Straßen sind voll mit ausgebrannten Autos.

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5. You won't see a thing without a torch.

   Без фонарика ты ничего не увидишь.

   ukТи без ліхтарика нічого не побачиш.

   deOhne Taschenlampe siehst du gar nichts.

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