单词 | spatting |
释义 | spattingn. Of shellfish: The action or process of depositing spawn. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > breeding or spawning spatting1864 1864 Morning Star 28 Dec. It is calculated, in spite of the bad spatting of the last three years, that there is a stock of oysters..of the value of upwards of 100,000l. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 163 We have not had a very good spatting season since 1860. 1877 Q. Rev. 144 486 The spatting process, or labour of the parental oyster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020). > as lemmasˈspatting ˈspatting n. a slapping, a smacking. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something flat clap?14.. patc1425 skelpc1440 plata1522 slat1611 slapping1632 slap1648 flop1662 smack1775 smacker1775 skelping1818 spat1823 spatting1840 1840 Comic Lat. Gram. 34 A caning... A spatting... A flogging. 1883 C. D. Warner Roundabout Journey 24 As I approached this sunken place I heard a tremendous spatting, and pounding, and chattering, and laughing. < n.1864 as lemmas |
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