spate
英 [speɪt]
美 [spet]
TEM8 GRE
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。
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.
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The river is in spate.
- 河水猛涨.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
