The stream had become a raging torrent.

小溪变成了一条汹涌的急流。

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After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent.

冬雨过后，溪流湍急。

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Social networks are great when you only have a few dozen friends, but when that number is a few hundred, your update stream becomes a torrent.

在你只有几十个好友时，社交网络是不错，但是等这个数目达到几百时，你的更新信息流就会成了汹涌洪流。

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This is where I sit, keeping tabs on the torrent of information that enters my stream.

FORBES: Swimming With Information Sharks (And Snooki)

Rescue teams "were met with a torrent of water and a car stuck facing up stream underneath a footbridge".

BBC: Man in car rescued from flood water in Shropshire