torrid

• adj.太陽に熱せられた、熱狂的な

ラテン語のtorrere「焼く」、PIE*ters「乾燥した」から。

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.

1. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer.

彼女は舞台デザイナーと熱狂的な恋を始めた。

2.The minister suffered yet another torrid day of criticism.

批判が続く中、この部長はまたつらい一日を過ごした。

3.a torrid love affair

マニアックな恋

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4.She was sitting on the rocks in the torrid sun.

彼女の頭上の灼熱の太陽が岩の上に座っている。

5.Seles，the victim of a death threat earlier this week，has had a torrid time during the Championships.

セラーズは今週初めに死の脅威を受けたため、選手権期間中は苦労した。