- spate
- [speit]
- n. 洪水；一阵；大雨；突然迸发
参考例子
- 1.Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.
- 警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
- 2.He is particularly interested in the Chinglish he finds on a spate of signs, menus and the like in China.
- 他对在大量的招牌、菜单和中国的其他地方寻找发现中式英语有着特别的兴趣。
- 3.At the same time, few scientists agree with the idea that the recent spate of potent hurricanes, European heat waves, African drought and other weather extremes are, in essence, our fault.
- 然而，几乎没有科学家同意这一观点：近来由强力飓风而发的洪水、欧洲的热浪、非洲的干旱以及其它的极端天气，其实都是我们的过错。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- 2.a sudden forceful flow
- 3.the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
网络释义
- spate
- 泛滥; 洪水; 大量的; 大水;
- spate of
- 大量的;
- spate flow
- 河道涨洪水流,地表暴雨径流;
- fit hail shower spate
- 一阵;
- a spate of report
- 大量的报道;