(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"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"
a sudden forceful flow
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
spate的用法和样例:
例句
After the storm all the rivers were in spate. 暴雨过后河水都上涨了。