torch的读音：英式读音为[tɔːtʃ]，美式读音为[tɔːrtʃ]。torch可作为名词和动词两种词性，作为名词时，中文含义有“手电筒”、“火把”；作为动词时，中文含义有“放火烧”、“纵火烧”等。
torch的中文释义及用法介绍
1、作为名词，意为手电筒;火炬;火把。
例句：Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.
我插钥匙时，请用手电筒照着锁头。
They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
他们为使理想主义和希望的火炬不熄灭而奋斗。
They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.
那伙匪徒为打开金库用氧乙炔炬干了长达10个小时。
One of the men shone a torch in his face
其中一名男子用火把照着他的脸。
They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
他们为使理想主义和希望的火炬不熄灭而奋斗。
His emblems are the spear and the burning torch.
他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。
Mother is a torch, lighting up my way forward.
母亲是一把火炬，为我照亮前进之路；
2、作为动词，意为放火烧，纵火烧(建筑物或汽车)。
例句：The rioters torched the local library...
暴乱者放火烧了当地的图书馆。
He once playfully threatened to torch regulators' headquarters if he did not have his way.
他曾经开玩笑说，如果他达不到目的，就放火烧掉监管机构的总部大楼。
