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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's nothing but trouble in cheap spats.
  他只是一个只会惹事生非的混蛋。
• BEIJING-China and Australia signed a series of cooperation agreements on Tuesday as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempted to boost ties and smooth over recent spats with China.
  北京&中国和澳大利亚周二时签署一系列合作协议，澳大利亚总理吉拉德希望加强联系，消除与中国最近的摩擦。
• 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。
• 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。
• The danger is that spats and rows will sour relations between China and America, just as the friendship between Germany and Britain crumbled in the decades before the first world war.
  小的分歧和争吵会让中美关系变味，这才是危险，就像徳英关系在一战前的十年里崩溃（一样）。
• 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。
• 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。