torrid
part of speech
adjective (torrid)
meaning for a pupil
1) Very hot and dry: a torrid summer, torrid desert. tree →
2) Full of strong, difficult feelings or troubles: a torrid time means a very hard time. tree →
sense in the lessons
A weather and geography word: the old name «torrid zone» meant the hot lands between the tropics. In news and sport: «The team had a torrid afternoon» means they had a terrible time. Writers also use it for passionate love stories, a grown-up sense.
examples
- By Indians he might have meant Ethio- pians, or any other nation under the torrid zone which the ancients used tu denominate as Indians (T. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- The explorers crossed the torrid desert. tree →
- It was a torrid summer with no rain. tree →
- Old maps call the hot lands near the equator the torrid zone. tree →
- The goalkeeper had a torrid afternoon. tree →
- The camels plodded on in the torrid heat. tree →
- We had a torrid time moving house. tree →
note
Adjective, a little formal. In sport and news (UK) «a torrid time» = a very bad time. Do not confuse with «horrid» or «torrent» (a rushing stream).
Trees and pragmatics
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