单词 | torrent |
释义 | torrent /tawr"euhnt, tor"-/, n. 1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence. 2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything: a torrent of lava. 3. a violent downpour of rain. 4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow: a torrent of abuse. adj. 5. torrential. [1595-1605; < L torrent- (s. of torrens) seething, lit., burning, prp. of torrere to burn, parch; see TORRID, -ENT] Syn. 4. outburst, deluge, flood, spate. |
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