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

• Chinese bitterness over arms sales could complicate efforts to resolve such spats.
  中国在对台军售的态度可能是这些争议的解决又添新结。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are often the subject of Byzantine court spats involving bankrupt state companies and jilted Chinese banks.
  它们往往涉及错综复杂的法庭纠纷，牵涉到破产国有企业和遭遇坏账的中国内地银行。
• The collision incident is one of several spats straining China's ties with its Asian neighbors while its increasingly powerful navy enforces claims in disputed waters.
  碰撞事故是几个争执中的一个，这些争执使中国和它的亚洲邻居关系紧张，与此同时它日益强大的海军力量对争议海域强制要求。
• He's nothing but trouble in cheap spats.
  他只是一个只会惹事生非的混蛋。