- 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
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘flood, inundation’): of unknown origin.
Idioms
in (full) spate