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单词 torrent
释义 torrent
 /tawr"euhnt, tor"-/,  n.  
  1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
  2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything: a torrent of lava.
  3. a violent downpour of rain.
  4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow: a torrent of abuse.
  adj.  
  5. torrential.
 [1595-1605; < L torrent- (s. of torrens) seething, lit., burning, prp. of torrere to burn, parch; see TORRID, -ENT]
 Syn. 4. outburst, deluge, flood, spate.
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