1. The river is in spate.
    河水猛涨。

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1. 洪水：spare 备件 | spate 洪水 | spatter 火山喷出物

2. spate

2. 大量的：prate 闲谈 | spate 大量的 | creek 小溪

3. 泛滥：spatchcock 烹调的鸡肉 | spate 泛滥 | spathe 佛焰苞

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4. 泛滥,洪水：spat小争吵 | spate泛滥,洪水 | spectacular惊人的,突出的

1. 大批，一连串，一阵(尤指令人不快之物)
    A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time.

    e.g. ...the recent spate of attacks on horses.
           最近发生的一连串袭马事件
    e.g. ...the current spate of scandals.
           目前流传的大量谣言

2. (河水)猛涨，泛滥
    When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.

    e.g. The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.
           泰晤士河河水暴涨，成群的加拿大雁迅速游向下游。

1. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

    Synonym: freshet

2. a sudden forceful flow

    Synonym: rushsurgeupsurge

3. (often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent

    e.g. a batch of letters
           a deal of trouble
           a lot of money
           he made a mint on the stock market
           see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
           it must have cost plenty
           a slew of journalists
           a wad of money

    Synonym: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewstacktidy sumwad