Spat
[spæt]
解释:
(noun.) a young oyster or other bivalve.
(noun.) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles.
(verb.) spawn; 'oysters spat'.
(verb.) engage in a brief and petty quarrel.
(verb.) strike with a sound like that of falling rain; 'Bullets were spatting the leaves'.
(verb.) become permanently attached; 'mollusks or oysters spat'.
(verb.) come down like raindrops; 'Bullets were spatting down on us'.
编辑:陌莉--From WordNet
解释:
(-) imp. of Spit.
(n.) A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
(v. i. & t.) To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
(n.) A light blow with something flat.
(n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
(v. i.) To dispute.
(v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
(-) of Spit
编辑:基蒂
同义词及近义词:
n. [Local, U. S.] Petty dispute, petty quarrel, war of words.
v. n. Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, spar, bicker, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.
校对:瓦珥
解释:
n. a gaiter or legging—usually in pl.
n. a slap: a large drop as of rain: a petty quarrel.—v.t. to slap to strike lightly.—v.i. to engage in a petty quarrel.
n. the spawn of shellfish.—v.i. to shed spawn.
pa.t. of spit to throw from the mouth.
编辑:菲利普
例句:
- Fernando hawked and spat proudly onto the floor of the cave, then rubbed it in the dirt with his foot. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He was going to dig, with whatsoever object, for he tucked up his cuffs and spat on his hands, and then went at it like an old digger as he was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He coughed and spat and listened to the heavy machine gun hammer again below the bend. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He looked at the double line of peasants and he spat on the ground. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- I asked, recoiling from the brute, as Wemmick spat upon his eyebrow and gave it a rub with his sleeve. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- If all these people came in a body and spat at me, what would you do, Jane? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- They are tarred and feathered and spat upon. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He spat on the floor. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He chinked it once, and he blew upon it once, and he spat upon it once,--'for luck,' he hoarsely said--before he put it in his pocket. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I would not have spat on the floor, Pilar, if we were not leaving this place, Fernando said primly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
编辑:希娜