- A torrent is a heavy rain, or the flooding or wildly-running streams it causes, like the torrent that soaks everyone unlucky enough to be out on the street at that moment.
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- n. 急流，激流；迸发
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1. After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent.
冬雨过后，溪流湍急。
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2. The rain was coming down in torrents.
大雨如注。
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3. a torrent of abuse, a torrent of criticism
连珠炮似的谩骂╱批评
- torrent (n.) "rapid stream," c. 1600, from Middle French torrent (16c.) and directly from Latin torrentem (nominative torrens) "rushing, roaring" (of streams), also "a rushing stream," originally as an adjective "roaring, boiling, burning, parching, hot, inflamed," present participle of torrere "to parch" (from PIE root *ters- "to dry"). Extension to any onrush (of words, feelings, etc.) first recorded 1640s.
tor·rent / ˈtɒrənt ; NAmE ˈtɔːrənt ; ˈtɑːrənt / noun 1 a large amount of water moving very quickly 急流；激流；湍流；洪流 ◆ After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent. 冬雨过后，溪流湍急。 ◆ The rain was coming down in torrents. 大雨如注。 2 a large amount of sth that comes suddenly and violently 迸发；连发；狂潮 SYN deluge ◆ a torrent of abuse/criticism 连珠炮似的谩骂╱批评 ◆ a torrent of words 滔滔不绝的话语 torrent torrents tor·rent / ˈtɒrənt ; NAmE ˈtɔːrənt ; ˈtɑːrənt /
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