spate
英[spe?t]
美[spet]
- n. 洪水；一陣；大雨；突然迸發(fā)
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?spates;
助記提示
一堆唾沫口水，能淹死你。
1. perhaps from spout => "flood".
2. 噴流、噴射、噴落而出的大水 => 洪水。
中文詞源
spate 暴洪，發(fā)洪水，一連串，接二連三
來自擬聲詞根輔音叢 sp-,吐，噴出，比較 spate,spew,spit,spout,sputter.引申相關詞義。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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(yī)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(xiàn)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(tǒng)計數(shù)字上看，近些年來暴風雨和颶風的頻發(fā)非同尋常。
來自柯林斯例句