spate

spate音标

英 [speɪt]

美 [spet]

spate基本释义

n.泛滥；洪水；突然的一阵

spate用法及例句

n.(名词)

洪水

大量

一阵

突然迸发

突然泛滥

猛涨

倾盆大雨

河水猛涨

突然爆发

一连串

接二连三

泛滥

口若悬河

noun

1. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

Synonym: freshet

2. a sudden forceful flow

Synonym: rushsurgeupsurge

3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

e.g. a batch of lettersa deal of troublea lot of moneyhe made a mint on the stock marketsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosit must have cost plentya slew of journalistsa wad of money

Synonym: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewstacktidy sumwad

1. 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.

e.g. ...the recent spate of attacks on horses.*近发生的一连串袭马事件e.g. ...the current spate of scandals.目前流传的大量谣言

2. (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.

spate的反义词

e.g. 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。

1. 洪水：spare 备件 | spate 洪水 | spatter 火山喷出物

2. 大量的：prate 闲谈 | spate 大量的 | creek 小溪

3. 泛滥：spatchcock 烹调的鸡肉 | spate 泛滥 | spathe 佛焰苞

4. 泛滥,洪水：spat小争吵 | spate泛滥,洪水 | spectacular惊人的,突出的

A..spate roaring a furlong broad after the rains.

出自：H. Belloc

近义词

临近词

deal协定

mass大量

series（单复同）系列...

wad填料

stack堆

passel一大批

plenty丰富

outbreak爆发

slew沼地

upsurge高潮

whole lot整批

mess混乱

mountain大量

river河

welter混乱

jet喷气式飞机

hatful一帽子的容量...

wave波浪

flock一群

run跑

pot罐

surge汹涌

rash疹子

freshet洪水

lot许多

batch一批

raft筏

mint薄荷

good deal划算

pile堆

muckle大量的

flurry一阵疾风

flood淹没

mickle很多的

sea海

great deal大量

epidemic流行病

quite a little相当多

sight视力

heap堆

rush冲

sequence顺序

peck啄

spate flow

spate length

spatial

Spatel

spate runoff

Spaterni

Spaterna

spate irrigation

spat

相关列句

Mobile Social photo apps: The end of 2010 witnessed a spate of mobile photo apps including Instagram, PicPlz and Path.(移动社交照片应用：2010年底出现了一批移动照片应用，包括Instagram、PicPlz和Path。)

Some economists also worry that the spate of new lending will burden Banks with more bad loans.(一些经济学家还担心，新贷款猛增会令银行背负更多贷款坏帐。)

A spate of other arrests last year suggests a wider clampdown.(而去年发生的一连串的逮捕事件表明这次言论限制行动比以往的范围更广。)

Money permitting, maybe a spate of joblessness would jolt me into taking more initiative.(如果财力允许，或许失业一阵子会迫使我变得更加主动。)

A spate of strikes has thrown a spanner into the workshop of the world.(一连串的罢工已给这个世界工厂带来了麻烦。)

But once that initial spate of spin-offs has occurred, where will budding hedge-fund managers be able to prove their mettle?(但是一旦有大量的复制品出现的话，这些刚刚展露头角的对冲基金经理们应该到哪去展现他们的价值？)

The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.(这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中*近的一起。)

They have distributed a spate of video- and audio-taped messages recently, celebrating the mayhem, and predicting more of it.(他们*近散发了一段视频和音频材料，在这份材料里，他们庆祝了这些暴行，并且预告还会有更多的此类事情。)

It was the first of the spate of huge scandals that erupted after dotcom boom turned to bust.(这是互联网泡沫破灭之后爆发大量惊人丑闻的头一桩案件。)

So how should we take the spate of new green announcements from the world's major oil firms?(所以我们该如何看待这些世界主要石油公司发出的一连串绿色新宣言呢？)