Use 'torrential rain' when describing a heavy downpour of rain. It is the singular form commonly used in this context. Examples: The city experienced torrential rain for three days straight. We had to cancel the picnic due to torrential rain. ...
“Already it’s very slippery there in dry conditions, but in the wet it becomes extremely difficult. I’ve driven in the rain in Canada several times and it has always been difficult – always. But the visibility, of course, gets even worse when the rain comes ...
3. pouring in abundance; "torrential rains" torrential词组 torrential rain暴雨;倾盆大雨;骤雨 torrential同义词 adj. 猛烈的,汹涌的;奔流的 fierce,violent,hard torrential词源中文解释 "涌流的或类似于洪流的",1849年; 见 torrent + -ial。可能受到法语 torrentiel 的影响。相关词汇: Torrentially。
Torrential rain storms make mess of region: ; Nearly an inch of rain falls in; 26 minutes; thousands lose powerZACK PETTIT
"The rain was so heavy that the water level rose by over 1 meter within about 10 minutes," Luo Jiashun, a resident of Mengke village in the prefecture's Baojing county, recalled about the time when the rain started to pour down on Friday, triggering floods that left the lowlying village...
We were out in the rain for about 25 minutes, and when we got home I found that the jacket had soaked up so much of the falling rain that it felt a good full pound heavier than it was when it was dry (which is not nothing for a 10-lb dog) and the inner cotton layer was ...
Heavy weekend rainsand flash flooding in theMoab, Utaharea caused cars to float right downMain Streetafter over an inch of rain fell in a period of about 20 minutes. At one point, the water was around three feet deep along Main Street in Moab which caused countless businesses to close. ...
Many residents in the area had to fend for themselves as their communities flooded. Zhang Jun, who lives in an apartment complex in Liangxiang town, said the water level surged to the height of a step in less than 20 minutes on July 31, and then when the rain stopped, it swelled to ...
"The rain was so heavy that the water level rose by over 1 meter within about 10 minutes," Luo Jiashun, a resident of Mengke village in the prefecture's Baojing county, recalled about the time when the rain started to pour down on Friday, triggering floods that left the lowlying village...
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Kyushu Network Technologies Limited today announced the start of sales in Japan of their Sewer System Flood Detection Solution, aimed at reducing the damage from torrential rain and flash floods.