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

• These spats can be exaggerated.
  这些龃龉可能有些夸大了。
• Such difficulties have even led to high-profile public spats.
  这些困难甚至引发过一些备受瞩目的公开口角。
• 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。
• The chickens and coking coal at the heart of this week's trade spats will not change that basic fact.
  本周围绕禽类产品和炼焦煤展开的贸易纠纷，不会改变上述基本事实。
• 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。
• He's nothing but trouble in cheap spats.
  他只是一个只会惹事生非的混蛋。
• If spats over minutiae – such as the regulation of tax havens or bankers'pay – were to stand in the way of a deal, the verdict of history would be damning.
  如果我们在像“避税天堂”的规定或银行家的收入这些细节上争吵，，这将阻挡交易。历史上的最终判决将是臭骂。
• 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。
• When the bird said go right, spats wanted to go left.
  小鸟说向右走的时候，斯派茨却想向左走。
• And so was his partner, spats.
  都是举止优雅的强盗。