spate
spate
英[speɪt]美[spet]
n.大量，发洪水，（河流）暴涨，大雨，一连串；
复数：spates;
例句
After heavy rain, the river was in spate.大雨过后，河水暴涨。
a spate of water洪水泛滥
The river is in spate.河水猛涨.
Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.接二连三的丑闻使医生名誉扫地.
Celia was in full spate as usual, so I just sat there waiting for her to finish.西莉亚像往常一样口若悬河说个不停, 我只得坐在那儿等着她把话说完.
The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.泰晤士河河水暴涨，成群的加拿大雁迅速游向下游。
...the current spate of scandals.目前流传的大量谣言
...the recent spate of attacks on horses.*近发生的一连串袭马事件
The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.从统计数字上看，近些年来暴风雨和飓风的频发非同寻常。
同义词
spate的同义词之：
riversea词组
in (full) spate
(of a river) overflowing due to a sudden flood（河水）泛滥柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
大批，一连串，一阵(尤指令人不快之物)
A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time.
例句
...the recent spate of attacks on horses.*近发生的一连串袭马事件...the current spate of scandals.目前流传的大量谣言PHRASE
(河水)猛涨，泛滥
When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
例句
The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.泰晤士河河水暴涨，成群的加拿大雁迅速游向下游。英汉词典释义
n.
大量,许多
a spate of water洪水泛滥Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.接二连三的丑闻使医生名誉扫地。(河流)暴涨；发洪水
After heavy rain, the river was in spate.大雨过后，河水暴涨。(人)口若悬河；滔滔不绝
Celia was in full spate as usual, so I just sat there waiting for her to finish.西莉亚像往常一样口若悬河说个不停，我只得坐在那儿等着她把话说完。英英词典释义
Noun
1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters""a deal of trouble""a lot of money""he made a mint on the stock market""it must have cost plenty"2. a sudden forceful flow
3. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
