spate meaning in English
n.
1.洪水,突然泛滥,猛涨;〔苏格兰〕倾盆大雨。
2.大量。
短语和例子
Examples
- Refugees crossed the border in full spate .
难民大量地越过了边境。 - The river is in spate .
河水猛涨。 - Rudolph ate silently, waiting for the spate of approval to die down .
鲁道夫默默地吃着,等着这阵赞扬的潮水退去。 - There was for example charles brockden brown, with his brief spate of gothic novels .
例如查尔斯布罗克登布朗,在一个短时间内写过不少种怪小说。 - America has produced a spate of musical plays that have been phenomenally popular abroad as well as at home .
美国确实创作并上演了大量驰名国内外的音乐剧。