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单词 torrent
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torrent

Word family adjectivetorrentialtorrentuousnountorrentialitytorrentadverbtorrentially
tor·rent /ˈtɒrənt $ ˈtɔː-, ˈtɑː-/ noun [countableC]  
1 WATERa large amount of water moving very quickly and strongly in a particular direction 湍流,急流 flood
 After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent).
下了五天的大雨之后,泰勒河急流汹涌。
in torrents
 The rain came down in torrents.
大雨如注。
2 a torrent of something LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa lot of words spoken quickly, especially in order to insult or criticize someone 连珠炮似的话语 SYN stream
 When I asked him to move, he unleashed a torrent of abuse.
我让他挪挪位置,他就破口大骂起来。
a torrent of Greek/Italian etc
 The woman poured out a torrent of Italian.
那个女子冒出一连串意大利语。
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Examples from the Corpus
Origin torrent
(1500-1600) French Latin torrens burning, going very fast, from torrere; → TORRID
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