Tra từ torrent - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

tor‧rent/ˈtɒrənt $ ˈtɔː-, ˈtɑː-/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1500-1600; Language : French; Origin : Latin torrens 'burning, going very fast', from torrere; ⇨ torrid]
1. a large amount of water moving very quickly and strongly in a particular direction ⇨ flood:
　 ▪ After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent).
in torrents
　 ▪ The rain came down in torrents.

2. a torrent of something
a lot of words spoken quickly, especially in order to insult or criticize someone SYN stream:
　 ▪ When I asked him to move, he unleashed a torrent of abuse.
a torrent of Greek/Italian etc
　 ▪ The woman poured out a torrent of Italian.

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a torrent/stream of abuse (=a series of rude or angry words)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
VERB
become
▪ Still, what had previously been an increasingly lively stream, seemed suddenly to become a torrent.
▪ During the spring the Sol becomes a torrent as melt waters vastly increase the volume of water.
▪ After the autumn and winter rains the stream becomes a raging torrent, flowing in places along a deep ravine.
▪ In the forest itself the streams became roaring torrents and the Swamp, doubled in size, became overnight a lake.
▪ It winds up the hillside, and looks as if it could become a raging torrent in wet weather.
unleash
▪ The traditional wings of the Labour movement were afraid that Livingstone had unleashed a torrent - and they were right.
▪ We were told the lawyers of Lord's were worried that a statement might unleash a torrent of writs against newspapers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A torrent of water flowed down the street.
▪ After five days of heavy rain the Telle River was a raging torrent.
▪ Heavy rains had turned the small stream into a torrent.
▪ The river occasionally becomes a torrent after a downpour, and may even cause flooding.
▪ There was no shelter anywhere and the rain was coming down in torrents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And then I lost him among the boulders and small trees that marked the course of the torrent.
▪ As they neared the foot of the hill the sky opened and a heavy torrent fell mercilessly down.
▪ But former Rangers star Ferguson was having to put up with a torrent of abuse.
▪ He worried a story about him would draw a torrent of invitations from bookstores eager to have him in for holiday publicity.
▪ Soon after dark the rain descended in torrents, and all through the dreary hours of that dismal night it rained unceasingly.
▪ The criminal grand jury decided in October not to charge Washington, setting off a torrent of criticism in the black community.
▪ The defeat opened the sluice gates and venom flowed through in raging torrents.