spate
英[speɪt]
美[spet]
- 许多， 大量； 暴涨， 发洪水
词态变化
复数: spates;
双语例句
- 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。