torrent
英 ['tɒr(ə)nt]
美 ['tɔrənt]
- n. 奔流；傾注；迸發；連續不斷
- 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、噴發，火山岩漿、火山熔岩迸發、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，洪流來自拉丁語 torrere,燃燒，使幹燥，來自 PIE*ters,幹的，詞源同 terrain,torrid.比喻用法，後用 於指激流，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.
雙語例句
- 1. They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.
- 他們被推來搡去，受到大肆的謾罵攻擊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
- 實地考察時要穿過一條水流湍急的河。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
- 旅途中要穿過一條水勢凶猛的急流。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The stream had become a raging torrent.
- 小溪變成了一條洶湧的急流。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent .
- 冬雨過後，溪流湍急。
來自《權威詞典》