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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。