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have a spat with sb
They had a spat over the weekend.
他们在周末发生了口角。
口角；小争吵
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口角；小争吵
a short petty quarrel or argument
They had a spat over the weekend.
他们在周末发生了口角。
尤指为琐事发生的短暂争吵
贝类(尤其是牡蛎及类似软体动物)的卵。
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
穿在鞋外的覆盖物或装饰性覆盖物。
A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
短暂的争吵或口角。
A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
用扁平物轻击。
A light blow with something flat.
They had a brief spat over who should wash the dishes, but five minutes later they were laughing again.
他们为了谁该洗碗而短暂地争吵了几句，但五分钟后他们又笑了。
After a minor spat with a neighbor about the fence, the two men shook hands and moved on.
和邻居因栅栏问题发生了一次小口角后，两人握手言和，继续各自的生活。
The manager ended the spat over parking spaces by assigning each employee a reserved spot.
经理通过给每位员工分配一个固定车位，结束了这场关于停车位的争执。
They had a spat over the weekend.
他们在周末发生了口角。
The siblings often spat about trivial matters.
兄弟姐妹们经常为琐事争吵。
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发生口角；拌嘴
They had a spat about which movie to watch.
他们为看哪部电影拌了几句嘴。
夫妻间的小争吵
The neighbors heard a marital spat through the wall.
邻居隔着墙听到了那对夫妻的争吵。
政治争吵；政坛口角
A political spat between the two candidates dominated the news.
两位候选人之间的政治争吵占据了新闻头条。
牡蛎苗；牡蛎幼体
The hatchery produces oyster spat for local oyster farmers.
这家孵化场为当地牡蛎养殖户培育牡蛎苗。
白色鞋罩
He wore white spats with his wedding suit in the old photo.
老照片里，他穿着白色鞋罩搭配他的结婚礼服。
情侣间的小争吵
They had a lovers' spat over which movie to see, but they made up quickly.
他们因为看哪部电影发生了一点小争吵，但很快就和好了。
发生口角；吵一架
The two colleagues had a spat about the project deadline.
两位同事因为项目截止日期发生了口角。
公开的争执
The tennis stars were involved in a public spat after the match.
比赛结束后，这两位网球明星卷入了公开的争执。
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联想 spat 是 spit（吐口水）的过去式：两人短暂争吵，互相吐口水，记“口角”义。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道 spat 作名词表示“小争吵、口角”时多用于非正式场合，通常指不严重的争执；正式写作中更常用 quarrel 或 dispute。
作‘口角’解时为可数名词，后接 about 引出话题；作‘牡蛎卵’解时为不可数名词。
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