音标:[speit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 泛滥, 洪水, 大雨, 大量, 一阵
n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
n a sudden forceful flow
n the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
词型变化:名词复数形式 : spates
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
名词100%

spate的用法和样例:

例句

  1. After the storm all the rivers were in spate.暴雨过后河水都上涨了。

经典引文

  • A..spate roaring a furlong broad after the rains.

    出自:H. Belloc
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after end
allegeaunce
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bence
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centered additive process
Chaps my ass
Charles Kay Ogden
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controller's radar scope
corporate interests deeming provisions
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cutter relieving amount
cyclavithrosis
Debye-Sears effect
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hollow man
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inferior common ligament (or ventral longitudinal ligament)
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involuntariness factor
jet-powered hydrofoil
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key feeder
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kyking
L.L.P.
leave somebody behind
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Lomentaria
lower numbered variable
Mariadoh
MDCLXVI
Medvedev-Orgel hypothesis
misspends
mixed-flow turbine
momentum unbalance
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Norcainum
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papendrecht
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promed-mail
push in
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rhinophonia
ricaniid
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root away
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self-propelled underwater missile
setting oil
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Smart Start
steelcored
syphilis of liver
tabletted
TDSCDMA
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twin electrode
Ulco
unclassed
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welding torch