自1936年，奥林匹克圣火开始从奥运会的故乡希腊奥林匹克点燃火炬。 From 1936, lighting the Olympic flame tradition was rekindled ignite in Olympia, the home of the Olympic Games.
火把，火炬由可燃树木棍或棍端上的可燃材料燃烧形成的火焰发出的可携带式的光亮；火炬 A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.
1934年国际奥委会雅典会议决定，恢复古奥运会旧制，运动会期间，在主体场燃烧奥林匹克圣火，而且采取火炬接力的方式把火种传到主办国。 In 1934, the Athens Con-gress of the Olympic Committee decided to resume the ancient rite to light the flame of the Olympics during the Games. The Olympic flame would be lit in the main stadium, and the kindling would be carried to the host country by torch relay.
春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。 The silkworm keeps on making silk until death. The candle keeps on teardropping until being ash.
也是在阿姆斯特丹，第一次出现了奥运火炬的点燃仪式。 It was at Amsterdam, too, that the custom of torch-lighting was introduced.
基于丝绸之路带来的灵感，我们的火炬接力将开创新局面，从奥林匹亚山，途经人类古老的文明发源地---希腊、罗马、埃及、拜占庭、美索不达尼亚、波斯、阿拉伯、印度和中国。 With a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road, our Torch Relay will break new ground, traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man-Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Byzantine, Mesopotamian, Persian, Arabian, Indian and Chinese.
美国成为恐怖分子的袭击目标，是因为我们在世界上高举自由和理想的火炬，但是任何人都不可能将这一火炬熄灭。 America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
卫士立即把大口径短抢放回了武器箱，然后看了看箱里的其它枪支，看了看皮带上挂的备用手枪，再看了看座位下的一个小箱子，那箱里有几把铁匠工具、两三个火炬和一个取火盒。 The guard soon replaced his blunderbuss in his arm-chest, and, having looked to the rest of its contents, and having looked to the supplementary pistols that he wore in his belt, looked to a smaller chest beneath his seat, in which there were a few smith's tools, a couple of torches, and a tinder-box.
近几年，一大批国家级科技项目包括“863”项目、攻关项目、火炬项目、星火项目及国外技术成果纷纷落户深圳，迄今已有α—1ь干扰素、笔译通等25项“863”成果在深圳实现产业化。 In recent years, the achievements of ‘863' Plan Projects, Key Research Projects, Torch Plan Projects and “Spark Plan” Projects and overseas research institutes have been transformed into products in Shenzhen. 25 achievements of “863” Projects including α-1ｂ interferon and electronic notebook have realized commercialization.
火炬在黑暗中闪光。 The torch flared in the darkness.
那巨大的火炬光芒四射。 The enormous torch darted forth its beams.
当芬兰“飞人”帕活·鲁米把奥运火炬带入可容纳7万观众的奥运体育馆时，人们都期诗着芬兰人能囊括中长跑的金牌。可是事与愿违，没有一个芬兰运动员在赛跑项目上拿到了金牌。 When Paavo Nurmi, the Flying Finn, brought the Olympic torch into the 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium, people expected that the Finns would own the finishing tapes of distance3 events. As it turned out, not one Finn won in any of the races.
苍白色的闪电划破了天空；上千把火炬……突然把浓重的黑暗变成一个苍白色的、不可思议的白昼——e·a·坡。 livid lightning streaked the sky; a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day- E.A.Poe.
用一支火炬点燃圣火。 A torch is used to kindle the flame.
那些火炬的火焰在风中摇曳。 The torches flared in the wind.
让我们的朋友和敌人同样听见我此时此地的讲话：火炬已经传给新一代美国人。 Let the word go forth, from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.
盛怒之下，他将所有的手稿都付之一炬。 In a fury, he consigned all his manuscripts to the flames.
他用火炬的亮光为我引路。 He flashed a torch to guide me.
鹰眼如炬，硝烟年代睥睨大地的悲情。 Yet the bird's eyes shone like torches, casting sad compassion over a land enshrouded in gunpowder smoke.
通过这样的路线，比以往任何一次接力数量都多的人民将目睹火炬，并受到鼓舞。 On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay.
王平:我还听说一个日本人偷走过第18后奥运圣火火种，这个人是当时东京奥林匹克火炬的守卫人员之一，他利用职务之便十分巧妙地用金属手提灯偷取了火种，带回家让它燃烧。 Wang Ping: I have heard of a story that a Japanese stole the kin-dling of the flame of thel8th Olympic Games home. That man was one the guards of the flame. He took advantage of his work, stole the flame by hand metal lantern, and let it bum at home.
小蜡烛点亮大火炬。 A great torch may be lighted at a little candle.
火把旧时街上所用的为行人照明的火炬 A torch formerly used for lighting one's way in the streets.
让我与您及我的朋友杨凌分享我在悉尼参加火炬接力时的一段经历。 Let me share with you and my friend Yang Ling an experience I had when I joined the torch relay in Sydney.
任何一种耐潮湿环境的松树，如火炬松，长叶松。 any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine.
然后所有运动员一齐向火炬奔跑，最先到达的三名运动员将高举火炬跑遍希腊，开始四年一度的奥运会。 In the ceremony, with a originally officiated by a priest. Once the flame was lit, sport men would run to the flame.
氧乙炔火炬；氧乙炔焊接。 an oxyacetylene torch; oxyacetelyne welding.
??1996年夏奥会，美国用了60棵山核桃树制作了一万多个火炬手柄，用于一万五千多英里的火炬接力。 To produce handles for the 10,000-plus Olympic torches carried in the 15,000-mile United States of America relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics, 60 pecan trees were used.
他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬；他的爱畜是兀鹰和猎犬－－－两种战场上的常客。 His emblems are the spear and the burning torch; His chosen animals are haunters of the battle field,-- the vulture and the dog.
他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬；他的爱畜是兀鹰和猎犬－－－两种战场上的常客。 His emblems are the spear and the burning torch; His chosen animals are haunters of the battle field, -- the vulture and the dog.
赛跑运动员们依次传递火炬。 The runners handed on the torch in turn.
火炬计划 Torch Program(a plan to develop new and high technology)