美[spet] 1 . The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.
泰晤士河河水暴漲，成群的加拿大雁迅速游向下游。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
這次的爆炸事件是近期一連串恐怖主義襲擊中最新的一起。
來自《權威詞典》
3 . Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.
接二連三的丑聞使醫生名譽掃地.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4 . The river is in spate .
河水猛漲.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5 . The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
從統計數字上看，近些年來暴風雨和颶風的頻發非同尋常。
來自柯林斯例句
1.(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
a batch of letters
2.a sudden forceful flow
3.the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
