torrent

torrent

Écoulement puissant et rapide d’eau ou d’un autre liquide.

En anglais simple : A strong, fast flow of water or another liquid.

• Water rushed down in a torrent.
• The river became a raging torrent after the storm.
• Torrents of lava poured down the mountain.

Comment l'utiliser : torrent of something (A torrent of muddy water swept across the road.)

Synonymes : deluge, flood

Contraires : trickle

Expressions courantes : torrent of water, raging torrent, in a torrent

torrent, déluge

Très grande quantité de quelque chose qui arrive rapidement, souvent d’un seul coup.

En anglais simple : A very large amount of something coming quickly, often all at once.

• She faced a torrent of questions.
• The decision brought a torrent of complaints.
• He answered with a torrent of angry words.

Comment l'utiliser : torrent of something (The announcement triggered a torrent of criticism.)

Synonymes : flood, stream, barrage

Contraires : trickle

Expressions courantes : torrent of abuse, torrent of questions, torrent of words

torrent

Ensemble de fichiers téléchargeables en recevant des fragments provenant de plusieurs ordinateurs.

En anglais simple : A group of files that people can download by receiving parts from several other computers.

• I downloaded a torrent of the recordings.
• This torrent contains several large video files.
• Nobody is sharing the torrent anymore.

Expressions courantes : download a torrent, torrent client, torrent files

télécharger par torrent

Télécharger un fichier en recevant de petits fragments de plusieurs utilisateurs sur internet.

En anglais simple : To download a file by getting small parts of it from several other users online.

• You can torrent the file.
• She torrented a free documentary last night.
• Are you torrenting the software or downloading it directly?

Expressions courantes : torrent a file, torrent a movie

couler à flots

Tomber ou couler très rapidement et en grande quantité.

En anglais simple : To fall or flow very quickly in a large amount.

• Rain torrented down.
• Water torrented through the narrow gap.
• After the storm, muddy streams torrented down the hillside.

Synonymes : pour, gush

Expressions courantes : torrent down, torrent past

torrentiel, impétueux

Qui coule ou se déplace rapidement en formant un courant puissant.

En anglais simple : Flowing or moving rapidly in a strong stream.

• Torrent waters raced through the gorge.
• They could not cross the torrent river.
• Torrent waves swept against the rocks below.

Synonymes : rushing

Expressions courantes : torrent stream, torrent waters