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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These spats can be exaggerated.
  这些龃龉可能有些夸大了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。