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torchlight

/tawrch-lahyt/US // ˈtɔrtʃˌlaɪt //

火炬之光,火炬灯,火炬光,火炬手

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the light of a torch or torches.

Examples

  • Through all the great host standing under the torchlight there ran not so much as shiver or murmur.

  • It flashed brightly in the dim torchlight as he struck with it.

  • In the torchlight she looked browner and more vigorous than when he had seen her last.

  • They buried him at night, carrying his body by torchlight to an olive grove on the isle of Scyros, a mile inland on the heights.

  • The hadj, or pilgrim-caravan, pursues its route principally by night, and by torchlight.