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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's nothing but trouble in cheap spats.
  他只是一个只会惹事生非的混蛋。
• These kinds of spats, frankly, help neither country.
  坦率地说，这种争执对中美两国都没什么好处。
• 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。
• Then, there was no regulating framework for global trade; now both America and China are acting within the WTO, which was created precisely to keep such spats within rules.
  更何况，那个时候全球贸易的规章制度还未成形，现在的中国和美国必须在世贸组织框架内采取行动。世贸组织创立的初衷也是为了将贸易纷争限制在一定范围内。
• 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。
• 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。