"torrent" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 急流
• 洪流 (比喻)

Definition

急流是指快速而猛烈的水流，尤其是突然增多的類型，也可形容大量快速出現的事物，如言語或情感。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於描述水流急速（如“a torrent of rain”），但比喻時可形容大量迅速出現的言語、情緒。正式用語，口語與書面語都可用。

Examples

After the dam broke, a torrent of water rushed through the village.

大壩決口後，一股**急流**衝進了村莊。

He poured out a torrent of words when he was angry.

他生氣時傾瀉出一連串的**洪流**話語。

A torrent of rain flooded the streets.

一場**急流**般的大雨淹沒了街道。

She was hit by a torrent of criticism after her comment online.

她在網上評論後遭到**洪流**般的批評。

The river turned into a roaring torrent during the storm.

暴風雨中，河流變成咆哮的**急流**。

Questions came in a torrent, and the speaker could barely answer them all.

問題如同**洪流**般湧來，講者幾乎回答不過來。