torrid

英 ['t?r?d] 美['t?r?d]
  • adj. 曬熱的；熱情的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

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1. torr- + -id.
2. => dried with heat, scorching hot, very hot.
3. Torrid：太熱的——酷熱的

中文詞源

torrid 火熱的，酷熱的，熱烈的，狂熱的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) torrere,燃燒，使干燥，來(lái)自 PIE*ters,干的，詞源同 terrain,toast.

英文詞源

torrid (adj.)
1580s, in torrid zone "region of the earth between the tropics," from Medieval Latin torrida zona, from fem. of torridus "dried with heat, scorching hot," from torrere "to parch," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (see terrain). Sense of "very hot" is first attested 1610s. Figurative sense from 1630s.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer.
她和一位舞臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)師開始了一場(chǎng)狂熱的戀情。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The minister suffered yet another torrid day of criticism.
在不絕于耳的批評(píng)聲中，這位部長(zhǎng)又挨過了難熬的一天。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. a torrid love affair
狂熱的戀情

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. She was sitting on the rocks in the torrid sun.
她頭頂灼熱的驕陽(yáng)坐在巖石上.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. Seles, the victim of a death threat earlier this week, has had a torrid time during the Championships.
塞勒斯在本周早些時(shí)候受到了死亡威脅，因此在錦標(biāo)賽期間備受煎熬。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句