Word · Frequency #22676
spat
口角；小争吵
a short petty quarrel or argument
尤指为琐事发生的短暂争吵
- 1.
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
贝类(尤其是牡蛎及类似软体动物)的卵。
- 2.
A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
穿在鞋外的覆盖物或装饰性覆盖物。
- 3.
A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
短暂的争吵或口角。
- 4.
A light blow with something flat.
用扁平物轻击。
- 5.
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
天文学中已废弃的距离单位,等于十亿公里。
- 6.
a quarrel about petty points
关于琐碎问题的争吵
- 7.
A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
附着在硬表面上的幼贝。
- 8.
A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
覆盖在固定起落架飞机轮胎上方的减阻整流罩。
- 9.
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
覆盖脚背和脚踝的布料(绑腿)
- 10.
a young oyster or other bivalve
幼牡蛎或其他双壳贝类
鞋罩；护踝套；贝类（尤指牡蛎）的卵或幼体；轻拍；轻击；飞机轮罩；整流罩；斯帕特（已废弃天文距离单位，等于十亿公里）
In use
They had a brief spat over who should wash the dishes, but five minutes later they were laughing again.
After a minor spat with a neighbor about the fence, the two men shook hands and moved on.
The manager ended the spat over parking spaces by assigning each employee a reserved spot.
have a spat with sb
They had a spat over the weekend.
他们在周末发生了口角。
spat about sth
The siblings often spat about trivial matters.
兄弟姐妹们经常为琐事争吵。
Connections
Collocations
- have a spat
- 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。
- marital spat
- 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。
- political spat
- 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。
- oyster spat
- 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。
- white spats
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 spat 的 /æt/ 音完全押韵（重读元音及后续辅音相同）。注意拼写相似的 spate (/speɪt/) 和 spa (/spɑː/) 发音不同，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.