🌊torrent (torrent)

noun
/ˈtɔːrənt/
torrent (torrent)

Signification

A strong and fast-moving stream of water; a sudden, violent outpouring of something.
a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid; a sudden, violent, and copious outpouring
Traduction de la signification
Un courant d'eau rapide et puissant; une éruption soudaine et violente de quelque chose
Un courant d'eau rapide et puissant; une éruption soudaine et violente de quelque chose

Phrases d'exemple

A torrent of rain flooded the streets.

Un torrent de pluie a inondé les rues.
Un torrent de pluie a inondé les rues.

The heavy rain created a torrent of water rushing down the mountain.

La forte pluie a créé un torrent d'eau dévalant la montagne.
La forte pluie a cree un torrent d'eau devalant la montagne.

Expressions d'exemple

a torrent of words
un torrent de mots
un torrent de mots

Synonymes

flood, surge, stream, rush, deluge, cascade
Entrée 1
flood, surge, stream, rush, deluge
Entrée 2
flood, stream, rush, cascade, deluge

Antonymes

drip, trickle, drought, shortage
Entrée 1
drip, trickle, drought
Entrée 2
trickle, drip, drought, shortage

Collocations

torrent of rain, torrent of emotions, torrent of abuse, torrent of words, raging torrent, mountain torrent
Entrée 1
torrent of rain, torrent of emotions, torrent of abuse, torrent of words
Entrée 2
torrent of rain, torrent of abuse, raging torrent, mountain torrent

Plus de phrases d'exemple

There's a torrential downpour today.

Il y a une pluie torrentielle aujourd'hui.
Il ya une pluie torrentielle aujourd'hui.

Vocabulaires connexes

Lack of caution or good judgment.
a talk given to a group of people to teach them about a subject
the action or process of bringing something into existence; something that has been made or invented
an inclined surface; a piece of ground that is not level
a small to medium-sized tailless ape with long arms, native to the forests of Southeast Asia
a well-known phrase that expresses something true about life; a proverb