单词 | spat |
释义 | spat1/spat / Past and past participle of spit1. Rhymesspat2/spat /noun 1 (usually spats) historical A short cloth gaiter covering the instep and ankle.His father was dressed in a rubber macintosh, with thick domestic gloves, spats, and a trilby hat....
2A cover for the upper part of an aircraft wheel. OriginEarly 19th century: abbreviation of spatterdash. spat3/spat /informal noun A quarrel about an unimportant matter: when we had our little spats, he had only to smile to get back on the right side of me...
verb (spats, spatting, spatted) [no object] Quarrel about an unimportant matter: people expected him and his wife to spat continually...
OriginEarly 19th century (originally a US colloquial usage): probably imitative. spat4/spat /noun [mass noun] The spawn or larvae of shellfish, especially oysters: oyster larvae attach themselves as spat to old shells OriginMid 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin. |
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