音标:['tɒ:rәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 奔流, 倾盆大雨, 倾注, 迸发
n. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : torrents
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torrent的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The river was a torrent after the storm.暴风雨过后,河水成了激流。
  2. The torrent scoured a gully down the hillside.那激流顺山坡而下冲出一条水沟。
  3. A torrent of water poured down the mountain.洪水从山上奔流而下。
  4. She attacked him with a torrent of abuse.她用连珠炮似的谩骂来攻击他。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. I was proceeding through torrents of rain.我在倾盆大雨中前进。
  2. He was answered with a torrent of oaths.他所得到的回报是一连串的咒骂声。

词汇搭配

  • torrent works山洪控制
  • mountain torrent山区河流
  • torrent regulation急流整治
  • torrent deposit急亮积,急流沉积...
  • hill torrent丘陵洪流
  • air torrent空气湍流
  • impetuous torrent湍急水流
  • in torrents如急流般地
  • stem the torrent of抵制

经典引文

  • It poured with rainsit..came down in torrents all day

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