spet; speit< spate >
<<名词>>
1 突如其来的洪水; 倾泻
"It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and politicians." (Virginia Woolf)从政客及扩音机中传出滔滔不绝的演说
2 ((主英))
a. 突如其来的洪水
b. (因大雨, 融雪所形成的) 洪水
c. 倾盆大雨