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torch

B2 noun

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  1. đuốc · ngọn đuốc

    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.

  2. đuốc, ngọn đuốc

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

    broadly

  3. hoa hình đuốc

    A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.

    broadly

  4. bông chùy

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

    broadly

  5. cây mullein

    The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).

    broadly · in-plural

  6. nguồn soi sáng

    A source of enlightenment or guidance.

    figuratively

  7. ngọn đuốc (truyền thống, lý tưởng)

    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.

    figuratively

  8. kẻ đốt nhà

    An arsonist.

    us · slang

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