spate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spate [spate spates] BrE [speɪt] NAmE [speɪt] noun usually singular ~ of sth
a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time
•The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
•a recent spate of killings/thefts
Idiom: ↑in spate

Word Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘flood, inundation’): of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•Detectives are investigating a recent spate of thefts in the neighbourhood.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  freshet, rush, surge, upsurge, batch