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

• "I smell something good to eat," said Spats.
  “我闻到有好吃的东西，”斯派茨说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• More to the point, it will become the most prominent of several bilateral spats, in which the US could threaten to impose across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports and China could threaten to dump holdings of US Treasury bonds.
  更重要的是，它将成为若干双边争端中最为显眼的一桩。在这些争议中，美国可能威胁对中国进口商品征收全面关税，而中国则可能威胁抛售所持的美国国债。
• 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。
• Gasoline is a solvent liquid that removes grease spats.
  汽油是一种能脱去油迹的有溶解能力的液体。