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torchlight

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++torch·light /ˈtɔːtʃlaɪt $ ˈtɔːr-/ noun [uncountable]  1. British EnglishLIGHT the light produced by an electric torch 手电筒光2 LIGHTthe light produced by burning torches 火炬光 a torchlight procession 点着火炬的游行队伍
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torchlightWeekly highlights at the Girasole include a toboggan race, a slalom race, a kids' disco and a torchlight descent.He wasn't interested in an examination by torchlight of the exact spot where Harry Lawrence and the contact had fallen.The heavy-lidded eyes were still half-open, the lips slightly parted; in the flickering torchlight the figure seemed to be asleep.I imagined solemn covens chanting, straggling torchlight processions winding up to mountain tops, stone circles, sacred trees and springs.They lined the cliffside and in the torchlight saw long stretches of mud and naked boulders between scattered pools of water.Beside Benedicta stood a tall man, his features quite clear in the torchlight.In the torchlight it was a small innocuous-looking thing, staring at me in a trusting kind of way.One evening we joined the torchlight procession.
torch·light nounChineseSyllable
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torchlight
torchlight /ˈtɔːtʃlaɪt $ ˈtɔːr-/ noun [uncountable]
1. British English the light produced by an electric torch
2. the light produced by burning torches:
    a torchlight procession


torch·lightBrE /ˈtɔːtʃlaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɔːrtʃlaɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the light that is produced by an electric torch or by burning torches 手电筒光;火炬的光亮