torrid
英 ['tɒrɪd]
美 ['tɔrɪd]
助記提示
1. torr- + -id.
2. => dried with heat, scorching hot, very hot.
3. Torrid：太熱的——酷熱的
中文詞源
torrid 火熱的，酷熱的，熱烈的，狂熱的來自拉丁語 torrere,燃燒，使幹燥，來自 PIE*ters,幹的，詞源同 terrain,toast.
英文詞源
- torrid (adj.)
- 1580s, in torrid zone "region of the earth between the tropics," from Medieval Latin torrida zona, from fem. of torridus "dried with heat, scorching hot," from torrere "to parch," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (see terrain). Sense of "very hot" is first attested 1610s. Figurative sense from 1630s.
雙語例句
- 1. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer.
- 她和一位舞台設計師開始了一場狂熱的戀情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The minister suffered yet another torrid day of criticism.
- 在不絕於耳的批評聲中，這位部長又挨過了難熬的一天。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a torrid love affair
- 狂熱的戀情
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. She was sitting on the rocks in the torrid sun.
- 她頭頂灼熱的驕陽坐在岩石上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Seles, the victim of a death threat earlier this week, has had a torrid time during the Championships.
- 塞勒斯在本周早些時候受到了死亡威脅，因此在錦標賽期間備受煎熬。
來自柯林斯例句