n.[C]

1. 火炬，火把
   The torch was lighted.

   火炬点亮了。

2. 【英】手电筒
3. 【美】（焊接用的）喷灯，吹管
4. （文化，知识等的）光，光芒[the S]
   We will hand on the torch which he has handed to us.

   我们要把他传授给我们的知识传给后代。

5. 【美】【俚】纵火者

n.

1. Brit. a portable battery-powered electric lamp.
2. chiefly historical a portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood soaked in tallow and ignited.
3. a valuable quality, principle, or cause, which needs to be protected and maintained:
   the torch of freedom.
4. chiefly N. Amer. a blowlamp.

v.