spate是什么意思_spate怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

(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"
"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"

a sudden forceful flow

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

中英词源

spate 暴洪，发洪水，一连串，接二连三

来自拟声词根辅音丛 sp-,吐，喷出，比较 spate,spew,spit,spout,sputter.引申相关词义。

spate (n.): early 15c., originally Scottish and northern English, "a sudden flood, especially one caused by heavy rains or a snowmelt," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French espoit "flood," from Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout;" related to spout (v.). Figurative sense of "unusual quantity" is attested from 1610s.

词态变化

复数 spates;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.: 这次的爆炸事件是近期一连串恐怖主义袭击中最新的一起。

3. 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.

4. The river is in spate.: 河水猛涨.

5. 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。

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近反义词

flood 淹没

rash 疹子

epidemic 流行病

wave 波浪

sequence 顺序

river 河

series （单复同）系列...

outbreak 爆发

sea 海

welter 混乱

flurry 一阵疾风

run 跑

jet 喷气式飞机

plenty 丰富

lot 许多

heap 堆

peck 啄

mickle 很多的

freshet 洪水

wad 填料

upsurge 高潮

great deal 大量

deal 协定

pot 罐

mass 大量

hatful 一帽子的容量...

mess 混乱

sight 视力

good deal 划算

muckle 大量的

stack 堆

rush 冲

surge 汹涌

pile 堆

quite a little 相当多

slew 沼地

flock 一群

batch 一批

raft 筏

mint 薄荷

passel 一大批

mountain 大量

whole lot 整批

相似短语

in spate 猛涨,泛滥

in full spate 猛涨,泛滥;大量涌入

spate runoff 地表暴雨径流

a spate of 大量，许多

spate flow 河道涨洪水流，地表暴雨径流

单词分析

暂无,等待补充.

记忆方法

一堆唾沫口水，能淹死你。
1. perhaps from spout => "flood".
2. 喷流、喷射、喷落而出的大水 => 洪水。

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