spate
n
1 [sing] sudden fast rush (of business, etc) (生意等的)突然增多
a spate of orders 突如其來的一大批訂貨單
a spate of new cars on the market 突然上市的一批新汽車
a spate of (cases of) influenza in the winter 冬天的一陣流感.
2 (idm 習語) in `spate (of a river, etc) flowing strongly at a much higher level than normal (指河水等)高漲
After the storm all the rivers were in spate. 暴雨過後河水都上漲了.
?? 擴展釋義
*[speit]n. 泛濫, 洪水, 大雨, 大量, 一陣
?? 同為「GMAT」詞匯
discerningadj. 有識別力的;有洞察力的;眼光敏銳的;
v. 看見( discern的現在分詞);識別,辨明;覺察出;
chimevt.& vi. 敲出和諧的樂聲;報時;機械地重復;合節奏;
n. 合奏鐘聲,鐘樂;諧音,韻律;和諧;[航]甲板上的溝;