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spates

/speɪts/

Meanings
noun

洪水，涨水

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

Examples :

"After the heavy rains, the town experienced several spates from the overflowing river. "
连降大雨之后，镇里经历了河水泛滥的几次洪水。
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Related Words

Illustration inundation

inundation noun

/ɪnʌnˈdeɪʃən/ /ɪnənˈdeɪʃən/

洪水，淹没，泛滥。

"After the heavy rain, the town experienced an inundation of water from the overflowing river. "

暴雨过后，镇上经历了河水泛滥，造成了严重的洪水。

Illustration flooding

flooding verb

/ˈflʌdɪŋ/

洪水泛滥，淹没。

"After the heavy rain, the river was flooding the nearby town. "

暴雨过后，河水正在泛滥，淹没附近的城镇。

Illustration overflow

overflow noun

/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/ /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/

溢出，过剩。

"The overflow from the overflowing bin of recyclable materials was a mess on the floor. "

可回收垃圾桶溢出来的垃圾把地板弄得一团糟。

Illustration several

several noun

/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/

几块私有土地, 私人 земельный участок

"The family owns several, a small plot of land behind their house. "

这家人拥有几块私有土地，就在他们房子后面有一小块。

Illustration river

river noun

/ˈɹɪvə/ /ˈɹɪvɚ/ /ˈɹaɪvə/ /ˈɹaɪvɚ/

河流，江河

"Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods."

有时河流会泛滥，淹没两岸地区，造成洪水。

Illustration sudden

sudden noun

/ˈsʌdən/

突然事件，意外。

"The sudden announcement of a school holiday surprised everyone. "

学校突然宣布放假，这事儿让大家都感到很意外。

Illustration overflowing

overflowing verb

/ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/ /ˈoʊvərˌfloʊɪŋ/

溢出， 漫出。

"The river overflowed the levee."

河水漫过了堤坝。

Illustration increase

increase noun

/ɪnˈkriːs/ /ˈɪŋkriːs/

增长，增加额。

"The increase in homework assignments this week was significant. "

这周的家庭作业量增长了很多。

Illustration spring

spring verb

/spɹɪŋ/

扭伤，拉伤。

"Lifting the heavy box sprang his back, causing him a lot of pain. "

抬那个重箱子的时候，他闪了腰，疼得厉害。

Illustration extension

extension noun

/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

延伸，扩大，扩展

"The library offered an extension on the due date for the overdue books. "

图书馆允许延期归还那些已经过期的书。

Illustration causing

causing verb

/ˈkɔzɪŋ/ /ˈkɑzɪŋ/

导致，引起。

"The lightning caused thunder."

闪电引起了雷声。

Illustration experienced

experienced verb

/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/ /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/

经历，体验。

"I experienced a lot of new things during my summer vacation. "

我暑假期间体验了很多新鲜事物。