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spate

C2 noun

spate /speɪt/ nghĩa là lũ, trận lụt

Các nghĩa

  1. lũ, trận lụt

    A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.

    scotland · countable

    At the edge of the burn, where the path turns downward, there is a patch of shingle washed up by some spate.

  2. mưa rào, mưa như trút

    A sudden heavy downpour of rain.

    scotland · countable

    Doun comes a jaw o' droukin' rain / Upon their honours— / God sends a spate outower the plain, / Or mebbe thun'ers.

  3. sự bùng phát, sự dồn dập

    A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

    scotland · countable · figuratively

    Thy rural loves are nature's ſel; / Nae bombaſt ſpates o' nonſenſe ſwell; / Nae ſnap conceits, but that ſweet ſpell / O' witchin love, […]

    Here is a fine spate of work—a day diddled away, and nothing to show for it!

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