单词 | spate |
释义 | spate ![]() n. 1. A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring: "It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians" (Virginia Woolf). 2. Chiefly British a. A flash flood. b. A freshet resulting from a downpour of rain or melting of snow. c. A sudden heavy fall of rain. [Middle English, of unknown origin.] |
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