Spate
[ spet ]
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n. 大量;发洪水，（河流）暴涨;大雨;
📝 例句
Rudolph ate silently, waiting for the spate of approval to die down.
鲁道夫默默地吃着，等着这阵赞扬的潮水退去。
a spate of new cars on the market
突然上市的一批新汽车
a spate of orders
一大批定货单
The river is in spate.
河水猛涨。
Refugees crossed the border in full spate.
难民大量地越过了边境。
🌱 联想助记
【记】spat-小口角,e-拼音“饿”:两个人发生小口角,互相喷吐沫,喷的都饿了,说明喷得比较狠,形成洪水
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
spate
n
1 [sing] sudden fast rush (of business, etc) （生意等的）突然增多
a spate of orders 突如其来的一大批订货单
a spate of new cars on the market 突然上市的一批新汽车
a spate of (cases of) influenza in the winter 冬天的一阵流感.
2 (idm 习语) in `spate (of a river, etc) flowing strongly at a much higher level than normal （指河水等）高涨
After the storm all the rivers were in spate. 暴雨过後河水都上涨了.
🔁 扩展释义
*[speit]n. 泛滥, 洪水, 大雨, 大量, 一阵
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and my friends don't want to go.
我的朋友们又不想去。
How do you spend your leisure time?
你怎样打发业余时间？
East,west，home is best.
金窝，银窝，不如自己的草窝。