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spree

/spree/US // spri //UK // (spriː) //

狂欢节,狂欢,狂潮,狂热

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lively frolic or outing.
    • : a bout or spell of drinking to intoxication; binge; carousal.
    • : a period, spell, or bout of indulgence, as of a particular wish, craving, or whim: an eating spree; a spending spree.
    • : a period or outburst of extreme activity: the team’s scoring spree;no motive for his killing spree.

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Examples

  • The goal is to more quickly alert customers that their accounts have been compromised, before criminals have a chance to go on spending sprees.

  • The shopping spree has sent sales at sporting goods stores soaring above pre-pandemic levels, according to data from the US Census Bureau.

  • The spending spree has helped enable Man City, once a struggling squad, to win the Premier League championship four times since Sheikh Mansour bought the team, most recently in 2019.

  • On the same myth-busting spree, Instagram confirmed that the way posts are arranged in user feeds is not determined by the type of accounts creators hold.

  • Big tech’s buying spree is already being scrutinized by the US Federal Trade Commission, the EU, and Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission.

  • After a tire-puncturing spree in late October, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot dead by a police officer in Chicago.

  • He declined to say who was bankrolling this advertising spree.

  • Indeed, both the legend and legacy of Jack the Ripper are far more gripping than the crime spree attributed to him.

  • Those criminals took their killing spree to tiny Kocho just south of Sinjar on August 15.

  • In 1997, the influential Italian designer was killed by a madman on a killing spree.

  • The men, their heads whirling with the anticipated delights of a spree, would indignantly champion their new friend.

  • To them it seemed the not unusual sight of the successful miner "on a spree."

  • Truth to tell, both Steve and Sarah looked as if they had been on a spree, and both were callous as to appearances.

  • They roamed from one spree to another, sometimes looking for work and never keeping it long if found.

  • Before I had gone by the nose of the old ship, who should I run into but Klaus, coming back from a spree.