Dictionary entry
Torchlight
Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtʃlʌɪt/
Pronunciation
/ˈtɔːtʃlʌɪt/
Myanmar Meaning
လက်နှိပ်ဓာတ်မီး၏ အလင်းရောင်။
Definition
torch / tↄ:tʃ / n ၁။ ( also esp US flashlight) လက္ႏိွပ္ဓာတ္မီး။ တုတ္မီး။ shine a torch on sth/sb ❍ He flashed his torch quickly round the garden. ၂။ ( US ) = BLOWLAMP ၃။ မီး႐ႉးမီးတိုင္။ မီးတုတ္။ v မီး႐ိႈ႕သည္။ buses torched by rioters. ❏ put sth to the torch [ IDM ] မီးတင္႐ိႈ႕သည္။
Examples
- ‘It was not the flickering orange of torchlight
- but the steady bluish-white light of the evening outside.’
- ‘There's live music most nights
- but on at least one evening
- have crab cakes by torchlight on the beach - truly romantic.’
- ‘I would usually start studying and handwriting assignments at 1am by torchlight as there was no electricity.’
- ‘He estimated his position from his brief view of the room with torchlight and the light framed by the doorway he had entered from.’
- ‘Despite brilliant daylight outside
- we move through the building by torchlight.’
- ‘Then several beers and a feed under torchlight at the pub.’
- ‘The torchlight glowered down to the barest hint of light emerging from the brackets.’
- ‘Finally
- by torchlight
- I take a twitching haunch
- cover it with rock salt and smear it with wild sage
- and we've got dinner.’
- ‘Her spiked bracers glint in the dim torchlight and her silver chaukrum reflect the light onto the walls.’
- ‘Numair was asleep
- moonlight and torchlight falling in through the window and shining on his blonde hair.’
- ‘They say they had no choice but to pack up by torchlight yesterday after the electricity to Woolston House
- a former textile mill
- was cut off.’
- ‘Each bag contained a pencil
- an eraser
- a ruler
- notebooks
- a water bottle and torchlight.’
- ‘The room was still lit by torchlight as Zarana rose from the cramped room and exited through paper door.’
- ‘There was one staircase in the centre
- dimly illuminated by torchlight
- and it led to somewhere below.’
- ‘Lionfish
- with their colours even more luminescent in the brightness of torchlight
- gently moved around the jetty posts.’
- ‘Ather walked though the small city as torchlight illuminated the walls of the huts.’
- ‘Slowly his eyes fluttered open
- but the flickering torchlight that lit his cell seemed unnaturally bright.’
- ‘The lights were out and the only light showing was that of a small flickering torchlight.’
- ‘One of the local toms has a particular dislike for her and has battered her intermittently quite badly
- and so began the hunt by torchlight for her.’
- ‘Even at this late hour
- torchlight and candlelight glowed brightly through the many gaping windows.’