Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See {Thirst}.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
"Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
{Torrid zone} (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth,
included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
always great.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
torrid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent},
{fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid},
{torrid}]
2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3: extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the
dessert"
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High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
