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Spate Flow(细流 Speit N.大批,大量;(水)泛滥 英 N.大批,大量 Large Number

单词 spate
音标 [speit]
解释 n.大批,大量;(水)泛滥
红宝书 【英】 n.大批,大量 (a large number or amount);(水)泛滥(flood)
【考】 反义词:trickling flow(细流); dearth(缺乏)
【例】 We had a spate of bad luck.(我们碰到一连 串的不幸)
字源 spate (n.)
early 15c., originally Scottish and northern English, "a sudden flood, especially one caused by heavy rains or a snowmelt," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French espoit "flood," from Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout;" related to spout (v.). Figurative sense of "unusual quantity" is attested from 1610s.
不择手段背单词 n. (一场突发的)洪水; (同时涌来的)大批(某物)
【记】spat小口角, e饿了: 两个人发生小口角, 互相喷吐沫, 喷的都饿了, 说明喷得比较狠, 形成洪水.
【反】trickling flow(细流); dearth(n 缺乏)
趣味全助记 【记】spit 吐口水,能淹死人的,成了洪水了;sprite 雪碧,雪碧有很多大量卖的,多得成河

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