(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
例句
After the storm all the rivers were in spate.暴雨过后河水都上涨了。
