| [/speɪt; spet/] n 用法:
1 [sing] sudden fast rush (of business, etc) （生意等的）突然增多:
a spate of orders 突如其来的一大批订货单 *
a spate of new cars on the market 突然上市的一批新汽车 *
a spate of (cases of) influenza in the winter 冬天的一阵流感. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) in `spate (of a river, etc) flowing strongly at a much higher level than normal （指河水等）高涨:
After the storm all the rivers were in spate. 暴雨过後河水都上涨了. |