spate

• n.洪水、破裂、豪雨、突然の暴発

擬音語根の子音塊sp-,spit,spewから、spate,spew,spit,spout,sput,sputterを比較する。 関連する語義を導く。

spate (n.)

early 15c., originally Scottish and northern English, "a sudden flood, especially one caused by heavy rains or a snowmelt," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French espoit "flood," from Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout;" related to spout (v.). Figurative sense of "unusual quantity" is attested from 1610s.

1. The Thames was in spate ，with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.

テムズ川の水が暴騰し、群れをなしたカナダガンが急速に下流に向かって泳いでいる。

2.The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

今回の爆発事件は、最近の一連のテロ攻撃の中で最も新しいものだ。

3.Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.

度重なるスキャンダルで医師の名誉が失墜した。dd>

4.The river is in spate .

川が急に増水した.

5.The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.

統計数字から見ると、ここ数年、嵐やハリケーンの頻発は尋常ではない。