spats

英 [spæts]

美 [spæts]

n.  小争吵; 小别扭; 口角; (旧时男子用的)鞋罩
v.  吐，唾(唾沫、食物等); 啐唾沫(常表示愤怒或鄙视); 怒斥
spat的第三人称单数和复数

化学

柯林斯词典

• 
  Spatis the past tense and past participle ofspit.
• N-COUNT 小争吵;口角;争执
  Aspatbetween people, countries, or organizations is a disagreement between them.
  1. ...a spat between America and Germany over interest rates and currencies.
     美国与德国在利率与货币方面的争端
• (昔时男子使用的)鞋罩
  Spatsare specially shaped pieces of cloth or leather which button down one side and which were worn in former times by men over their ankles and part of their shoes.

双语例句

• Such spats are creating a paradise for short sellers.
  此类摩擦为做空者创造了绝好的机会。
• There was always a good player inside Materazzi trying to get out – but too often it was hidden behind spats, red cards and a tendency to burst into tears.
  马特拉齐一直努力想作为一名球场上的好球员离场，但，这愿望总被很多事掩盖，肘击，红牌，以及一些强忍的眼泪。
• Last night, old man spats and ACE got into a little scuffle.
  昨晚老家伙斯班和艾斯都嗝屁了。
• And so was his partner, spats.
  都是举止优雅的强盗。
• He's nothing but trouble in cheap spats.
  他只是一个只会惹事生非的混蛋。
• I've been waiting on this day, spats.
  我一直在等这一天斯班。
• Trade spats usually serve narrow industry interests.
  贸易争端通常是为狭隘的产业利益服务的。
• The danger is that spats and rows will sour relations between China and America, just as the friendship between Germany and Britain crumbled in the decades before the first world war.
  小的分歧和争吵会让中美关系变味，这才是危险，就像徳英关系在一战前的十年里崩溃（一样）。
• I mean, that's what old man spats always said.
  我是说，至少老斯巴茨一直是这样说的。
• The bird led Spats to the nearest tree.
  小鸟带着斯派茨跑到了离它们最近的树那里。