n.[C]

1. 火炬，火把
   The torch was lighted.

   火炬點亮了。

2. 【英】手電筒
3. 【美】（焊接用的）噴燈，吹管
4. （文化，知識等的）光，光芒[the S]
   We will hand on the torch which he has handed to us.

   我們要把他傳授給我們的知識傳給後代。

5. 【美】【俚】縱火者

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.