单词 | sprat |
释义 | sprat /sprat/, n. , pl. sprats, (esp. collectively) sprat for 1. 1. a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic. 2. a small or inconsequential person or thing. [1590-1600; var. of earlier sprot, ME, OE (c. G Sprott); appar. same word as OE sprott sprout, twig (for the two meanings cf. SPRAG2); akin to OE spryttan to SPROUT] |
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