spate的意思

单词音标：

【音标】 [speit]

汉语翻译

英语解释：

名词 spate:

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent同义词：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
2. a sudden forceful flow同义词：rush, surge, upsurge
3. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow同义词：freshet

例句：

1. After the storm all the rivers were in spate.暴雨过後河水都上涨了。