spats

英 [spæts]

美 [spæts]

n.  小争吵; 小别扭; 口角; (旧时男子用的)鞋罩
v.  吐，唾(唾沫、食物等); 啐唾沫(常表示愤怒或鄙视); 怒斥
spat的第三人称单数和复数

化学

柯林斯词典

• 
  Spatis the past tense and past participle ofspit.
• N-COUNT 小争吵;口角;争执
  Aspatbetween people, countries, or organizations is a disagreement between them.
  1. ...a spat between America and Germany over interest rates and currencies.
     美国与德国在利率与货币方面的争端
• (昔时男子使用的)鞋罩
  Spatsare specially shaped pieces of cloth or leather which button down one side and which were worn in former times by men over their ankles and part of their shoes.

双语例句

• The collision incident is one of several spats straining China's ties with its Asian neighbors while its increasingly powerful navy enforces claims in disputed waters.
  碰撞事故是几个争执中的一个，这些争执使中国和它的亚洲邻居关系紧张，与此同时它日益强大的海军力量对争议海域强制要求。
• At this point, as they're two old men, Jens and Kahn really ought to just fight to the death or something, because their verbal spats are boring now.
  但目前，因为两位已经老了，延斯和卡恩看来需要拼一死活还是做些什么别的，否则他们俩的斗嘴就显得有些无趣了。
• The bird led Spats to the nearest tree.
  小鸟带着斯派茨跑到了离它们最近的树那里。
• I've been waiting on this day, spats.
  我一直在等这一天斯班。
• "I smell something good to eat," said Spats.
  “我闻到有好吃的东西，”斯派茨说。
• They are often the subject of Byzantine court spats involving bankrupt state companies and jilted Chinese banks.
  它们往往涉及错综复杂的法庭纠纷，牵涉到破产国有企业和遭遇坏账的中国内地银行。
• The process is a little like identifying Tom Wolfe by ignoring his suits and his spats and concentrating instead on his socks, but it gets results.
  这一过程有点像通过不问他穿什么衣服和鞋罩而集中注意其袜子来识别汤姆·沃尔夫，但是这种办法能出结果。
• Then, there was no regulating framework for global trade; now both America and China are acting within the WTO, which was created precisely to keep such spats within rules.
  更何况，那个时候全球贸易的规章制度还未成形，现在的中国和美国必须在世贸组织框架内采取行动。世贸组织创立的初衷也是为了将贸易纷争限制在一定范围内。
• There was always a good player inside Materazzi trying to get out – but too often it was hidden behind spats, red cards and a tendency to burst into tears.
  马特拉齐一直努力想作为一名球场上的好球员离场，但，这愿望总被很多事掩盖，肘击，红牌，以及一些强忍的眼泪。
• More to the point, it will become the most prominent of several bilateral spats, in which the US could threaten to impose across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports and China could threaten to dump holdings of US Treasury bonds.
  更重要的是，它将成为若干双边争端中最为显眼的一桩。在这些争议中，美国可能威胁对中国进口商品征收全面关税，而中国则可能威胁抛售所持的美国国债。