spate
英 [spe?t]
美[spet]
- n. 洪水；一陣；大雨；突然迸發
英英釋意
- 1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
- "a batch of letters"
- "a deal of trouble"
- "a lot of money"
- "he made a mint on the stock market"
- "it must have cost plenty"
- 2. a sudden forceful flow
- 3. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow