torrent

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒɹənt/    美 /ˈtoɹənt/|/ˈtɔɹənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
    — Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
  2. A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent. Internet
    — I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.
  3. A large amount or stream of something. figuratively
    — They endured a torrent of inquiries.
动词 v.
  1. To fall or flow in a torrent; to pour.
    — ... through the inflexible rain, each turn in the track revealed a new cascade, torrenting down the steep cliff of the hill. The weather was too wild for me to get to them. In good weather, they wouldn't exist.
  2. To download in a torrent. Internet,transitive
    — The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.
形容词 adj.
  1. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
    — Waves of torrent fire.

词形变化

torrents plural more torrent comparative most torrent superlative torrents present,singular,third-person torrenting participle,present torrented participle,past torrented past torrents plural torrents present,singular,third-person torrenting participle,present torrented participle,past torrented past

词汇关系

近义词
cascade deluge flood outpouring
反义词
dribble trickle
衍生词
BitTorrent torrent-bow torrent duck torrentfish torrential torrentine torrent-lark torrentless torrentlike torrentwise
相关词
torrid toast

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).
词源 2
From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information.
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