| 英语单词 | torrent |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['tɒrənt] 美 ['tɔːrənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.激流;山洪;(谩骂、质问等的)连发,爆发 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The river was a torrent after the storm. (2) The torrent scoured a gully down the hillside. (3) A torrent of water poured down the mountain. (4) She attacked him with a torrent of abuse. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 暴风雨过后,河水成了激流。 (2) 那激流顺山坡而下冲出一条水沟。 (3) 洪水从山上奔流而下。 (4) 她用连珠炮似的谩骂来攻击他。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Because the noun torrent literally means "rushing stream," it is often describes fast-flowing water, like a rainstorm or creeks and rivers that overflow their banks. But the word can also describe any sudden inundation, like a deluge of words or thoughts, like when, in anger, you unleash a torrent of emotional words on your friend. Like a violent storm, you pour those words, not letting up in order to let him or her explain the other side of the story. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]急流;激流;洪流 A torrent is a lot of water falling or flowing rapidly or violently. [oft N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](谩骂、问题等的)连发,迸发 A torrent of abuse or questions is a lot of abuse or questions directed continuously at someone. [usu N
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