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
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.- ...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
- ...a spat between America and Germany over interest rates and currencies.
- (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
- 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 process is a little like identifying Tom Wolfe by ignoring his suits and his spats and concentrating instead on his socks, but it gets results.
这一过程有点像通过不问他穿什么衣服和鞋罩而集中注意其袜子来识别汤姆·沃尔夫，但是这种办法能出结果。 - I thought we must give up these fights, spats, all of it.
我想我们应该停止打架，争斗，所有这些。 - At this point, as they're two old men, Jens and Kahn really ought to just fight to the death or something, because their verbal spats are boring now.
但目前，因为两位已经老了，延斯和卡恩看来需要拼一死活还是做些什么别的，否则他们俩的斗嘴就显得有些无趣了。 - BEIJING-China and Australia signed a series of cooperation agreements on Tuesday as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempted to boost ties and smooth over recent spats with China.
北京&中国和澳大利亚周二时签署一系列合作协议，澳大利亚总理吉拉德希望加强联系，消除与中国最近的摩擦。 - And so was his partner, spats.
都是举止优雅的强盗。 - These spats can be exaggerated.
这些龃龉可能有些夸大了。 - Spats and the bird met a little girl named Milly.
斯派茨和小鸟撞到了一个叫米丽的小姑娘。 - 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。 - 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）。