on a spree• In addition to the sugarcubes a large jelly had been made for the occasion, indicative of 1950s kidson a spree.• You took her petlamb Joseph out on a spree, didn't you?• We had such great funcollecting the toys because we bought them on days off when we were out on a spree.
From Longman Business Dictionary
spreespree /spriː/ noun [countableC]
spending/buying/takeover etc spree a short period of time during which someone spends a lot of money
Consumers went on a spending spree.
The company embarked on a takeover spree during the 1980s.
Originspree
(1700-1800) Perhaps from Scottish Englishspreath“attack to steal cattle”, from Scottish Gaelicspreidh“cattle”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPREE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤massive痛痛快快樂一番◇a massive buying spree大買特買➤buying, shopping, spending狂購;瘋狂消費➤acquisition, hiring (bothbusiness商業) 大規模收購/招聘▸➤drinking狂飲▸➤crime, killing, looting, murder, shooting, wrecking (BrE) 瘋狂犯罪/殺人/搶劫/謀殺/射殺/破壞◇Hungry mobs went on a looting spree in the city.飢餓的暴民在這座城市裏大肆搶劫。◇Vandals went on a £10 000 wrecking spree.肇事者肆意破壞,損失達 1 萬英鎊。VERB + SPREE➤go on去狂歡一番◇He's gone on a drinking spree.他狂飲作樂去了。PREPOSITION➤on a spree處於無節制的狂熱中◇She's out on a shopping spree.她外出瘋狂購物去了。