a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid (水等的)激流,急流,湍流 rain poured down in torrents. 大雨如注。 after the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent. 几场冬雨过后,溪水湍急。 ■(a torrent of/torrents of)a sudden, violent, and copious outpouring of (something, typically words or feelings) (尤指话语、情感的)迸发,爆发 she was subjected to a torrent of abuse. 她被痛骂一顿。
语源
late 16th cent.: from French, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrent- 'boiling, roaring', from torrere 'parch, scorch'