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tor·rent
taw rnt [or] ta rnt
复数:torrents
词根:torrent
adj.torrential 猛烈的,汹涌的;奔流的
noun
a violent or forceful flow of fluidespecially: a rushing stream of water Beneath the area's dense canopy of vegetation, rugged hills and valleys are bisected by streams that rage as torrents during the rainy season, forbidding terrain for any unwelcome stranger. —Anthony Loyd … the vast network of storm-water drains that move great torrents of water out of the city when it rains … —Duncan Murrell As church bells pealed yesterday, a torrent of water was unleashed through a manmade gap in the 162-year-old Edwards Dam in the first U.S. government-ordered demolition of a dam in the name of conservation. —Glen Adams
Terrifying video captured near Hawaii volcano Kilauea shows a torrent of lava violently flowing down the slopes of the erupting mount …—Aurora Bosotti
a heavy downpour of rain—usually used in pluralThe rain is coming down in torrents. Lightning is flashing.—Alice WalkerTorrents of rain drenched the Hamptons …—Chris Mundy
… a torrent of rain poured down.—Walter Farley
a tumultuous outpouring : rush The torrent of money flowing into the field can only be described in superlatives—hundreds of millions of dollars for efforts such as Princeton's Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior and MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research.—Charles Barber—often used in plural… torrents of unsolicited e-mail advertising …—Peter H. Lewis… once he becomes fixed on a subject, the words come in torrents.—Jeffrey Goldberg
Injuries, a 13-game losing streak and a torrent of criticism have turned this into the toughest season of Vince Carter's four-year career.—Ian Thomsen
a channel of a mountain stream
As we advanced up the valley, the road presented yet another vertiginous challenge. Being a single track carved out of the mountain wall that flanked a glacial torrent, it meant that when a car came from the opposite direction, one had to back to the nearest turnaround.—June P. Wilson
computing a protocol (see protocol sense 3b) that is used to distribute a large computer file (such as of digitized music or video) that has been segmented in small pieces between a large number of peer-to-peer users Over the weekend, several ISPs … began showing a warning to users when they visited certain torrent or other file-sharing websites.—Rajat Agrawalalso: a file or set of files that is transferred with this protocol Let me just share the best way I know how to download torrents without setting off any red flags. —Daniel Bulygin Torrent files have been a top choice of users across the internet to share files for almost two decades. —Ivan Mehta
… user behaviour, such as use of file-sharing services and protocols like torrent …—Shelley Boose
verb
intransitive to move in a torrent (see torrent entry 1 sense 1a) Water torrents off hillsides, thunders over falls, sparkles in ponds and pools.—Sunset
rivers of torrenting water
transitive + intransitive to download via a torrent (see torrent entry 1 sense 4) [Dan] Schlosser said that when he was caught torrenting, the University forwarded him a notice of copyright infringement from HBO and warned that if he were caught again, he would have to meet with a representative from the Office of Judicial Affairs.—Aaron Fisher
Torrenting itself isn't illegal, but downloading unsanctioned copyrighted material is. It's not always immediately apparent which content is legal to torrent and which isn't.—Paul Bischoff
adjective
torrential
大约1600年,"急流",来自法语 torrent(16世纪)和直接源自拉丁语 torrentem(主格 torrens)"奔腾,咆哮"(指河流),也指"奔腾的河流",最初作为形容词"咆哮,沸腾,燃烧,干燥,炎热,发炎",是 torrere 的现在分词(源自 PIE 词根 *ters- "干燥")。对于任何冲击(言语,感情等)的扩展首次记录于1640年代。
山洪
Noun borrowed from French & Latin; French, "violent stream of liquid," going back to Old French, borrowed from Latin torrent-, torrens "rushing stream, river current," noun derivative of torrens, adjective, "flowing headlong, rushing," probably going back to a participial derivative of an Indo-European stative present *tr̥s-eh1- "be dried out, be dessicated," from a verbal base *ters- "dry up, become thirsty" — more at thirst >entry 1 Note: According to the hypothesis suggested in the etymology, the original meaning of the noun torrens would have been "dessicated area, dry stream bed"; as such stream beds, particularly in Mediterranean climates, could be filled with fast-flowing water during rainy periods, the meaning shifted to "rushing stream." Hence the homonymy between torrens and the present participle of the causative verb torrēre "to heat so as to dry, scorch, parch" (from *tors-see torrid) would be fortuitous. Such a shift was already hypothesized by the Roman grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus. Verb verbal derivative of torrent >entry 1 Adjective borrowed from Latin torrent-, torrens "flowing headlong, rushing" — more at torrent >entry 1
The first known use of torrent was in 1608
torrentialadjective
relating to or resembling a torrent
torrential rains
torrentialadjective
relating to or resembling a torrent
torrential rains
torrentnoun
a rushing stream of a liquid
a torrent of rain
a mountain stream or its channel
a sudden rush like a stream of liquid
a torrent of criticism
1 The torrent of wet air tearing past made breathing difficult.
2 The text introduces preparation and working gist of disposing torrent gutter body.
介绍了急流槽槽身处治前的准备工作和急流槽槽身现场处治维修工作的要点.
3 This provoked Tate, who unleashed a torrent of racial slurs and threats.
4 A torrent of darkness, frantic wings, and fury.
5 Laney collapsed in a torrent of giggles, and Papa swung her off his shoulders and to the ground.
6 However, most of us would prefer to refuse to absorb torrents, this is not It'strange?
然而我们大多宁愿吸收而不肯奔流, 这不是很奇怪 吗 ?
7 As I fled, I saw my father, his arms held wide to block Edmund while he declared in a torrent of words that he was doing the king's bidding.
8 The following summer a raging torrent swept all of these away.
第二年夏,一阵山洪把这些全都冲走了.
9 Sudden rain storms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down.
突然的暴雨会使山洪爆发.
10 Though the sahuagin were, perhaps, the best at hiding their stench in freshwater torrents.
但沙华鱼人可能是其中最擅长在淡水急流中隐藏行踪的.
11 They’re finally bubbling up in torrents just when I need them.
12 During the day the soldiers walked through the torrents in the streets with their pant legs rolled up, playing with boats with the children.
13 He was answered with a torrent of oaths.
他所得到的回报是一连串的咒骂声.
14 We immediately barraged the enemy stronghold with a torrent of rifle fire.
我们立刻用密集的步枪火力攻击敌人据点.
15 It was a relief not to be in a competitive situation, not to be driving wildly, fighting, sweating torrents, sticky with dust.
16 And suddenly the dam inside me burst, and grief gushed out in a torrent.
17 A torrent of water poured down the mountain.
洪水从山上奔流而下。
18 Words gushed from the chaplain in a nervous torrent.
19 Rain poured down in violent torrents, pummeling the hansom cab’s roof and sending the coachman cursing at the sky.
20 This shook Robert out of his funk and elicited yelps of frightened but ecstatic joy from Michael, who clung to Mom’s legs and watched the water pour by his nose in a wet torrent.
4 大量
good great heavy serious numerous massive extensive liberal substantial generous abundant myriad lavish substantive galore copious profuse swingeing widely heavily substantially abundantly tons much plenty body score host mountain mass ocean array quantity wealth flood ton pile chunk feast abundance proliferation trove dollop swathe ream truckload multiplicity boatload profusion cornucopia plenitude welter scads bucketful lashings wodge million billion trillion bulk quite a lot bit few like nobody's business like weeds by the bucketful by the bucket a lot a bunch an awful lot a stack of right and left in bulk heaps of a good bit like mad a raft of in spades
5 爆发
outbreak eruption flurry outburst flare-up flare erupt access wave storm explosion riot firework breakout gust outpouring break flame boil explode break forth hissy fit explosive eruptive start burst hurricane blaze tornado outflow detonation belch bursting detonate fulminate fire blowout
7 迸发
effusive -fest flight storm blaze agony outburst gush volley spurt extrusion outpouring spate sally ebullience outpour uprush ebullition explode erupt irrupt explosion swelling burst firework break forth scintillate gusty fit spark gust effusion Sally slop explode into well pour out gushy outthrow eruption
8 激流
9 急流
torrential dells dalles race shoot rapid flush chute sault wildwater rapids riffle onrush rushing cataract jet stream swift beck niagara
11 许多
great numerous tons dozen many much score host mass ocean wealth battalion boatload plenitude scads lashings million hundred quite a lot bit few a lot a bunch a multitude of no end heaps of like mad a raft of
14 洪流
15 滔滔不绝