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
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）
a short petty quarrel or argument
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.
天文学中已废弃的距离单位,等于十亿公里。
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
关于琐碎问题的争吵
a quarrel about petty points
附着在硬表面上的幼贝。
A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
覆盖在固定起落架飞机轮胎上方的减阻整流罩。
A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
覆盖脚背和脚踝的布料(绑腿)
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
幼牡蛎或其他双壳贝类
a young oyster or other bivalve
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。
用法提示：此句中 spat 是可数名词，表示“短暂的口角、小争吵”。
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。
用法提示：spat 在此为名词，与 a minor 搭配，指“小口角”。
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。
用法提示：spat 作名词用，意为“争论、口角”，与 the 连用特指那场争执。
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。
quarrel 比 spat 更正式，也可指较激烈或持续的争吵；口语中常可换用，但 spat 更强调短暂和琐碎。
argument 最通用，可指有说理的争论，也可指情绪化的口角；spat 只指后者，且语气更轻。
squabble 与 spat 最接近，都指为小事争吵，但 squabble 常带幼稚、吵吵闹闹的色彩。
tiff 通常用于亲友或情侣之间，比 spat 更温和、持续时间更短，不适用于正式场合。
disagreement 语气最弱，只表示意见不同，不一定有争吵情绪；不能替代 spat 中“吵起来”的含义。
意义不同：spat指小争吵，spit指吐痰
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。
口角通常发生在伴侣或夫妻之间。
spat 所争吵的往往是琐碎小事。
短暂争吵之后常常需要和解。
误会是引发短暂口角的常见原因。
争吵过后往往伴随着道歉。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.