torcher

名词 n.
/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/    /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who torches something.
    — The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.
  2. One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. obsolete
    — Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring, […]
  3. A torch song
    — […] their set includes a Patsy Cline torcher and reaches some sort of peak with a 29-song Irving Berlin medley.
  4. A singer of a torch song
    — What did the girl do before she married Eddie Mars? Torcher. Can’t you get any old professional photos?
  5. The pilot of a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion).

词形变化

torchers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English torch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English torcher
From torch + -er.
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