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

  1. ‘It was not the flickering orange of torchlight
  2. but the steady bluish-white light of the evening outside.’
  3. ‘There's live music most nights
  4. but on at least one evening
  5. have crab cakes by torchlight on the beach - truly romantic.’
  6. ‘I would usually start studying and handwriting assignments at 1am by torchlight as there was no electricity.’
  7. ‘He estimated his position from his brief view of the room with torchlight and the light framed by the doorway he had entered from.’
  8. ‘Despite brilliant daylight outside
  9. we move through the building by torchlight.’
  10. ‘Then several beers and a feed under torchlight at the pub.’
  11. ‘The torchlight glowered down to the barest hint of light emerging from the brackets.’
  12. ‘Finally
  13. by torchlight
  14. I take a twitching haunch
  15. cover it with rock salt and smear it with wild sage
  16. and we've got dinner.’
  17. ‘Her spiked bracers glint in the dim torchlight and her silver chaukrum reflect the light onto the walls.’
  18. ‘Numair was asleep
  19. moonlight and torchlight falling in through the window and shining on his blonde hair.’
  20. ‘They say they had no choice but to pack up by torchlight yesterday after the electricity to Woolston House
  21. a former textile mill
  22. was cut off.’
  23. ‘Each bag contained a pencil
  24. an eraser
  25. a ruler
  26. notebooks
  27. a water bottle and torchlight.’
  28. ‘The room was still lit by torchlight as Zarana rose from the cramped room and exited through paper door.’
  29. ‘There was one staircase in the centre
  30. dimly illuminated by torchlight
  31. and it led to somewhere below.’
  32. ‘Lionfish
  33. with their colours even more luminescent in the brightness of torchlight
  34. gently moved around the jetty posts.’
  35. ‘Ather walked though the small city as torchlight illuminated the walls of the huts.’
  36. ‘Slowly his eyes fluttered open
  37. but the flickering torchlight that lit his cell seemed unnaturally bright.’
  38. ‘The lights were out and the only light showing was that of a small flickering torchlight.’
  39. ‘One of the local toms has a particular dislike for her and has battered her intermittently quite badly
  40. and so began the hunt by torchlight for her.’
  41. ‘Even at this late hour
  42. torchlight and candlelight glowed brightly through the many gaping windows.’