torrent
英 ['t?r(?)nt]
美 ['t?r?nt]
- n. 奔流；傾注；迸發(fā)；連續(xù)不斷
- n. (Torrent)人名；(法)托朗；(西)托倫特
助記提示
1. torr- + -ent.
2. It was used metaphorically as an adjective of streams that 'boil' or 'bubble' because of their strong current.
3. => 就像火山迸發(fā)、噴發(fā)，火山巖漿、火山熔巖迸發(fā)、沸騰一樣。
4. 如今的含義是一種比喻、引申、泛化。
中文詞源
torrent 激流，湍流，洪流來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) torrere,燃燒，使干燥，來(lái)自 PIE*ters,干的，詞源同 terrain,torrid.比喻用法，后用 于指激流，湍流，因其咆哮的聲音如同熱水沸騰而得名。
英文詞源
- torrent
- torrent: [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, torrid - 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" (see terrain). Extension to any onrush (of words, feelings, etc.) first recorded 1640s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.
- 他們被推來(lái)搡去，受到大肆的謾罵攻擊。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
- 實(shí)地考察時(shí)要穿過(guò)一條水流湍急的河。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
- 旅途中要穿過(guò)一條水勢(shì)兇猛的急流。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The stream had become a raging torrent.
- 小溪變成了一條洶涌的急流。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent .
- 冬雨過(guò)后，溪流湍急。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》