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名词大量; 发洪水，（河流）暴涨; 大雨

1. spate的翻译

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

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.
最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.

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。

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 letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

Synonym: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewstacktidy sumwad