torrid
美音:
[´tɔ:rəd
]英音:
[´tɔ:rəd
]adj.热带的
难易程度:
torrid为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:torridly 名词:torridity 形容词比较级:torrider 最高级:torridest
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torrid
/'tɒrɪd; [US] 'tɔ:r-; `tɔrɪd/
adj
1 (of a climate or country) very hot and dry (指气候或国家)炎热而乾燥的
*the `torrid zone, ie the part of the earth's surface between the tropics 热带.
2 passionate; erotic 热情的; 色情的; 引起性欲的
*torrid love-scenes 撩人情欲的爱情场面.
torrid
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: torridus, from torrere 'to dry with heat, burn']
involving strong emotions, especially of sexual love
a torrid love affair
literary torrid weather is very hot
the torrid desert sun
BrE a torrid time is a very difficult one
He had a torrid time out there on the racetrack.