| 正面 | 12051.torrent 英 ['tɒr(ə)nt]美 ['tɔrənt] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. torr- + -ent.2. It was used metaphorically as an adjective of streams that 'boil' or 'bubble' because of their strong current.3. => 就像火山迸发、喷发,火山岩浆、火山熔岩迸发、沸腾一样。4. 如今的含义是一种比喻、引申、泛化。n. 奔流;倾注;迸发;连续不断n. (Torrent)人名;(法)托朗;(西)托伦特 例句: 1. They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.他们被推来搡去,受到大肆的谩骂攻击。 torrent 激流,湍流,洪流来自拉丁语 torrere,燃烧,使干燥,来自 PIE*ters,干的,词源同 terrain,torrid.比喻用法,后用 于指激流,湍流,因其咆哮的声音如同热水沸腾而得名。 torrenttorrent: [17] Despite its firm connections with ‘water’, torrent comes from a source that meant ‘scorch, parch’. This was Latin torrēre, which also produced English toast and torrid [16] and is related to thirst. Its present participle torrēns was used metaphorically as an adjective of streams that ‘boil’ or ‘bubble’ because of their strong current, and it was in this sense that it passed as a noun via Italian torrente and French torrent into English.=> thirst, toast, torridtorrent (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" (see terrain). Extension to any onrush (of words, feelings, etc.) first recorded 1640s." |
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