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单词 spate
释义
spate
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/speɪt/us
/speɪt/
alargernumberofeventsthanusual,especiallyunpleasantones,happeningat about the sametime:
（尤指不愉快的）大量突发事件
Policeareinvestigatinga spateofburglariesin the Kingsland Roadarea.警方正在调查最近在金斯兰德路周边地区接连发生的多起入室盗窃案。
in (full) spateUK
If ariveris in (full) spate, it has morewaterin it and isflowingfasterthan it usually does.
（河流）水位猛涨，泛滥
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(Definition ofspatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

spate| American Dictionary

spate
noun[U]
us
/speɪt/
anunusuallylargenumberofeventsthathappensuddenlyand at about the sametime:
We have had a spate ofburglariesrecently.
(Definition ofspatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspate

spate
When rain comes, the run-off is much faster, and the spates are bigger, and are followed by a lower height of water.
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However, there were regular little spates that raised the water level from time to time.
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The reduction in the size of spates in winter is caused partly by this controlled flow and partly by reafforestation which slows up the run-off of rainwater.
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Her work comes in spates.
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Public dissent over the new tax system culminated in aspateof demonstrations and industrial action throughout the country.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The canecutter chopping away at the crop bursts out in aspateof obscene words, a natural gush from the gut.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Winter tends to be chilly and rainy, with occasional violent windstorms or spates of unusually-warm (6570 degree) temperatures.
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A stir was caused in 1044 when two kings, in some dispute over the bell, went on spates of prisoner taking and cattle theft.
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How can an overlap figure in aspateof talk-in-interaction?
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Spates retired at the conclusion of the 201011 season.
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The currentspateof projects focused on the history and political valences of "civil society" form another.
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As soon as some mills increased wages, they unleashed aspateof wage demands and a deepening sense of grievance across the industry.
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We are yet to gain access to official papers on thisspateof violence.
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Recently, however, there has been aspateof criticisms of oral interviews, which have in their turn generated a number of research studies.
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The river was inspatebut all the same the bridge did not collapse.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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