torch
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable…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.
» Tom was carrying a torch.
Tom hatte eine Taschenlampe in der Hand.
Tom trug eine Fackel.
Том ніс факел.
Том ніс ліхтарик.
Значення
значень: 9A 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
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.
(ширше)A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
(ширше)A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
(ширше)A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
(ширше, у множині)The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).
(переносно)A source of enlightenment or guidance.
(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.
(США, сленг)An arsonist.
(ширше, застаріле)A cactus with a very elongated body; a ceroid cactus; a torch cactus or torch-thistle.
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Приклади
речень: 113Tom was carrying a torch.
Том ніс факел.
deTom hatte eine Taschenlampe in der Hand.
Tom is carrying a torch.
Tom forgot to bring a torch.
Том забув взяти ліхтарик.
Take the torch—that we'll definitely need.
Візьми ліхтарик, він нам обов'язково стане в пригоді.
deNimm die Taschenlampe. Die werden wir auf jeden Fall brauchen.
Go find a torch in the attic.
Йди знайди ліхтарик на горищі.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
The noun is derived from Middle English torch, torche (“large candle; lighted stick; (figuThe noun is derived from Middle English torch, torche (“large candle; lighted stick; (figurative) sunbeam”), from Old French torche, torque (“torch; bundle of (twisted) straw”) (modern French torche); further etymology uncertain, probably from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”) (referring to a torch made from twisted plant fibres dipped in a flammable substance such as pitch), from Latin torqua, a variant of torquis (“collar of twisted metal, torque; wreath”), from torqueō (“to twist, wind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”).
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Форми
множина: torchesСиноніми
синонімів: 12- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame:blowtorchblowlamp
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp:flashlight
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches:common mulleingreat mulleinAaron-ap-s rodflannel mulleinwoolly mulleinVerbascum thapsus