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torrent 音标拼音: [t'ɔrənt] n. 奔流,倾盆大雨,倾注,迸发 奔流,倾盆大雨,倾注,迸发 torrent n 1: a heavy rain [ synonym: { downpour}, { cloudburst}, { deluge}, { waterspout}, { torrent}, { pelter}, { soaker}] 2: a violently fast stream of water ( or other liquid); " the houses were swept away in the torrent" [ synonym: { torrent}, { violent stream}] 3: an overwhelming number or amount; " a flood of requests"; " a torrent of abuse" [ synonym: { flood}, { inundation}, { deluge}, { torrent}] Torrent \ Tor" rent\, n. [ F., fr. L. torrens, - entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See { Torrid}.] 1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. [ 1913 Webster] The roaring torrent is deep and wide. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence. [ 1913 Webster] At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Torrent \ Tor" rent\, a. [ See { Torrent}, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. " Waves of torrent fire." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Torrential67 Moby Thesaurus words for " torrent": Niagara, antelope, arrow, belch, blue darter, blue streak, burst, cannonball, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, courser, dart, debouchment, deluge, dissiliency, eagle, effusion, electricity, eructation, eruption, express train, flare- up, flash, flood, flooding, flow, fresh, freshet, gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, gush, gushing, hare, inundation, jet, jet plane, light, lightning, mercury, outbreak, outburst, outpouring, overflow, pour, quicksilver, rapids, river, rocket, rush, scared rabbit, shot, spate, spew, spurt, streak, streak of lightning, stream, striped snake, swallow, thought, thunderbolt, tide, volcan, waterflood, wind |
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