spate
noun /speɪt/
/speɪt/
[usually singular]Idioms - spate of something a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time
一连串，接二连三（通常指不愉快的事物） - The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。 - a recent spate of killings/thefts
最近一连串的谋杀/盗窃事件
词源late Middle English (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘flood, inundation’): of unknown origin. - The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
Idioms
in (full) spate
- (especially British English) (of a river
河流 暴涨；发洪水 - After heavy rain, the river was in spate.
大雨过后，河水暴涨。 - (figurative) Celia was in full spate (= completely involved in talking and not likely to stop or able to be interrupted).
西莉亚口若悬河，滔滔不绝。
- After heavy rain, the river was in spate.