spate /ˈspet/
氾濫,洪水,大雨,大量,一陣
Spate n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Gareth in a showerful spring
Stared at the spate. --Tennyson.
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spate
n 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" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good
deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot,
quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy
sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, surge, upsurge]
3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or
melting snow [syn: freshet]