Definition of torch song in English:

torch song

noun

A sad or sentimental song, typically about unrequited love.
（以单恋为主题的）感伤恋歌
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Surrender’, meanwhile, is a sweltering torch song of exponentially intensifying guitar glissandos and unfettered angst.
- And the inflammatory I vamps a reporter shamelessly in a surprisingly dirty torch song, Open for Love.
- ‘Now you know’ is jaunty reggae and Amy does the torch song thing on ‘Take the Box’, a great take on love and pain and the whole damned thing.
- If it weren't for my incomplete metaphors, this entry would be dangerously close to a torch song.
- Is there a torch song that laments the coming of Spring?
- She can write an incredibly personal torch song ballad, but at the same time, with a little wink in it.
- This time they take on the finale to Big Star's shambling masterwork Third / Sister Lovers, playing it as a country torch song of sorts, giving the cover a lovely resonance that none of their own songs were able to accomplish this time around.
- The effect is quite lovely, our passenger tossing and turning in sleep and dimly overhearing the torch song from his neighbour's headphones.
- Her torch song treatment of such plaintive fare set an ideal early pace, albeit one that was ignored by a good portion of the crowd.
- The glossy black-haired beauty swayed up on the stage, her full breasts straining against the simple gown she wore as she sang a torch song.
- Phew again delivers a well-worn vocal here, but instead of being a vulnerable ballad, the song reaches near-epic heights of post-rock torch song.
- Call it a torch song, or a saloon song - categorize it as you wish.
- ‘Moonlight’ is a suave torch song - Dylan as Astaire - tinged with threat.
- The torch song blues of Everything's Not Lost are affecting enough to make you at least think about waving your cigarette lighter around above your head, but the simpering misery rings a false and jarring note.
- The relaxed vibe continues with the throwaway ‘Rotten Peaches’ but is stomped to death by ‘All The Nasties’, another generic piano-banger torch song featuring a classical choir.
- Normally a master of the torch song, k.d. fails to inject ‘Hallelujah’ with the sublime, or ‘Case of You’ with seduction.
- ‘The Track Through the Woods’ is a brooding, insistent torch song, also taking full advantage of the major/minor shifts in tone.
- You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner.
- The huge success of ‘Stop’, in 1989, and the recent rediscovery of the classic torch song when Jamelia charted with it last year notwithstanding, however, Brown's body of work is a lot more colourful than she gets credit for.
- It needs a danceable gay torch song as accompaniment.

Derivatives

torch singer

noun

A singer who sings sad or sentimental love songs.
a young torch singer with a deliciously earthy tone
Example sentencesExamples
- Last autumn the Essex torch singer played her first concert dates in six years and she so enjoyed the experience, she is touring again, playing York Barbican Centre tonight.
- It's as if they're trying too hard to show every last facet of this multi-faceted vocalist who appears to be as comfortable playing the entertainer as she is in torch singer or soul diva mode.
- At an outdoor plaza on Main, a crowd watches a free screening of ‘Seabiscuit’ Down the street inside the Sonnet Gallery, a trio accompanies a raven-haired torch singer of Cuban-style ballads.

Origin

1920s: torch from the phrase carry a torch for.

Definition of torch song in US English:

torch song

noun

A sad or sentimental song, typically about unrequited love.
（以单恋为主题的）感伤恋歌
Example sentencesExamples
- It needs a danceable gay torch song as accompaniment.
- If it weren't for my incomplete metaphors, this entry would be dangerously close to a torch song.
- This time they take on the finale to Big Star's shambling masterwork Third / Sister Lovers, playing it as a country torch song of sorts, giving the cover a lovely resonance that none of their own songs were able to accomplish this time around.
- Phew again delivers a well-worn vocal here, but instead of being a vulnerable ballad, the song reaches near-epic heights of post-rock torch song.
- The effect is quite lovely, our passenger tossing and turning in sleep and dimly overhearing the torch song from his neighbour's headphones.
- ‘The Track Through the Woods’ is a brooding, insistent torch song, also taking full advantage of the major/minor shifts in tone.
- Call it a torch song, or a saloon song - categorize it as you wish.
- Is there a torch song that laments the coming of Spring?
- ‘Surrender’, meanwhile, is a sweltering torch song of exponentially intensifying guitar glissandos and unfettered angst.
- The huge success of ‘Stop’, in 1989, and the recent rediscovery of the classic torch song when Jamelia charted with it last year notwithstanding, however, Brown's body of work is a lot more colourful than she gets credit for.
- You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner.
- The torch song blues of Everything's Not Lost are affecting enough to make you at least think about waving your cigarette lighter around above your head, but the simpering misery rings a false and jarring note.
- Her torch song treatment of such plaintive fare set an ideal early pace, albeit one that was ignored by a good portion of the crowd.
- The relaxed vibe continues with the throwaway ‘Rotten Peaches’ but is stomped to death by ‘All The Nasties’, another generic piano-banger torch song featuring a classical choir.
- Normally a master of the torch song, k.d. fails to inject ‘Hallelujah’ with the sublime, or ‘Case of You’ with seduction.
- She can write an incredibly personal torch song ballad, but at the same time, with a little wink in it.
- The glossy black-haired beauty swayed up on the stage, her full breasts straining against the simple gown she wore as she sang a torch song.
- ‘Now you know’ is jaunty reggae and Amy does the torch song thing on ‘Take the Box’, a great take on love and pain and the whole damned thing.
- And the inflammatory I vamps a reporter shamelessly in a surprisingly dirty torch song, Open for Love.
- ‘Moonlight’ is a suave torch song - Dylan as Astaire - tinged with threat.

Origin

1920s: torch from the phrase carry a torch for.

词汇	torch song
释义	Definition of torch song in English: torch song noun A sad or sentimental song, typically about unrequited love. （以单恋为主题的）感伤恋歌 Example sentencesExamples ‘Surrender’, meanwhile, is a sweltering torch song of exponentially intensifying guitar glissandos and unfettered angst. And the inflammatory I vamps a reporter shamelessly in a surprisingly dirty torch song, Open for Love. ‘Now you know’ is jaunty reggae and Amy does the torch song thing on ‘Take the Box’, a great take on love and pain and the whole damned thing. If it weren't for my incomplete metaphors, this entry would be dangerously close to a torch song. Is there a torch song that laments the coming of Spring? She can write an incredibly personal torch song ballad, but at the same time, with a little wink in it. This time they take on the finale to Big Star's shambling masterwork Third / Sister Lovers, playing it as a country torch song of sorts, giving the cover a lovely resonance that none of their own songs were able to accomplish this time around. The effect is quite lovely, our passenger tossing and turning in sleep and dimly overhearing the torch song from his neighbour's headphones. Her torch song treatment of such plaintive fare set an ideal early pace, albeit one that was ignored by a good portion of the crowd. The glossy black-haired beauty swayed up on the stage, her full breasts straining against the simple gown she wore as she sang a torch song. Phew again delivers a well-worn vocal here, but instead of being a vulnerable ballad, the song reaches near-epic heights of post-rock torch song. Call it a torch song, or a saloon song - categorize it as you wish. ‘Moonlight’ is a suave torch song - Dylan as Astaire - tinged with threat. The torch song blues of Everything's Not Lost are affecting enough to make you at least think about waving your cigarette lighter around above your head, but the simpering misery rings a false and jarring note. The relaxed vibe continues with the throwaway ‘Rotten Peaches’ but is stomped to death by ‘All The Nasties’, another generic piano-banger torch song featuring a classical choir. Normally a master of the torch song, k.d. fails to inject ‘Hallelujah’ with the sublime, or ‘Case of You’ with seduction. ‘The Track Through the Woods’ is a brooding, insistent torch song, also taking full advantage of the major/minor shifts in tone. You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner. The huge success of ‘Stop’, in 1989, and the recent rediscovery of the classic torch song when Jamelia charted with it last year notwithstanding, however, Brown's body of work is a lot more colourful than she gets credit for. It needs a danceable gay torch song as accompaniment. Derivatives torch singer noun A singer who sings sad or sentimental love songs. a young torch singer with a deliciously earthy tone Example sentencesExamples Last autumn the Essex torch singer played her first concert dates in six years and she so enjoyed the experience, she is touring again, playing York Barbican Centre tonight. It's as if they're trying too hard to show every last facet of this multi-faceted vocalist who appears to be as comfortable playing the entertainer as she is in torch singer or soul diva mode. At an outdoor plaza on Main, a crowd watches a free screening of ‘Seabiscuit’ Down the street inside the Sonnet Gallery, a trio accompanies a raven-haired torch singer of Cuban-style ballads. Origin 1920s: torch from the phrase carry a torch for. Definition of torch song in US English: torch song noun A sad or sentimental song, typically about unrequited love. （以单恋为主题的）感伤恋歌 Example sentencesExamples It needs a danceable gay torch song as accompaniment. If it weren't for my incomplete metaphors, this entry would be dangerously close to a torch song. This time they take on the finale to Big Star's shambling masterwork Third / Sister Lovers, playing it as a country torch song of sorts, giving the cover a lovely resonance that none of their own songs were able to accomplish this time around. Phew again delivers a well-worn vocal here, but instead of being a vulnerable ballad, the song reaches near-epic heights of post-rock torch song. The effect is quite lovely, our passenger tossing and turning in sleep and dimly overhearing the torch song from his neighbour's headphones. ‘The Track Through the Woods’ is a brooding, insistent torch song, also taking full advantage of the major/minor shifts in tone. Call it a torch song, or a saloon song - categorize it as you wish. Is there a torch song that laments the coming of Spring? ‘Surrender’, meanwhile, is a sweltering torch song of exponentially intensifying guitar glissandos and unfettered angst. The huge success of ‘Stop’, in 1989, and the recent rediscovery of the classic torch song when Jamelia charted with it last year notwithstanding, however, Brown's body of work is a lot more colourful than she gets credit for. You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner. The torch song blues of Everything's Not Lost are affecting enough to make you at least think about waving your cigarette lighter around above your head, but the simpering misery rings a false and jarring note. Her torch song treatment of such plaintive fare set an ideal early pace, albeit one that was ignored by a good portion of the crowd. The relaxed vibe continues with the throwaway ‘Rotten Peaches’ but is stomped to death by ‘All The Nasties’, another generic piano-banger torch song featuring a classical choir. Normally a master of the torch song, k.d. fails to inject ‘Hallelujah’ with the sublime, or ‘Case of You’ with seduction. She can write an incredibly personal torch song ballad, but at the same time, with a little wink in it. The glossy black-haired beauty swayed up on the stage, her full breasts straining against the simple gown she wore as she sang a torch song. ‘Now you know’ is jaunty reggae and Amy does the torch song thing on ‘Take the Box’, a great take on love and pain and the whole damned thing. And the inflammatory I vamps a reporter shamelessly in a surprisingly dirty torch song, Open for Love. ‘Moonlight’ is a suave torch song - Dylan as Astaire - tinged with threat. Origin 1920s: torch from the phrase carry a torch for.
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