记忆方法
1、spat 是三个同形词挤在一起：① spit（吐口水）的过去式；② 小口角、拌嘴（美国来路，比 quarrel 轻，一阵嘴仗而已）；③ 复数 spats 指老式"鞋罩、护脚踝布套"。
2、鞋罩那义有画面：旧词 spatterdash（防泥溅罩腿），spatter（溅）+ dash（泼溅），砍短成 spat——泥点溅不上裤脚的东西。
3、最老的义是"蚝卵、小牡蛎"（oyster spat），来源不详；GRE 阅读考的是"小争吵"那个义，配动词：the two had a spat over money。
2、鞋罩那义有画面：旧词 spatterdash（防泥溅罩腿），spatter（溅）+ dash（泼溅），砍短成 spat——泥点溅不上裤脚的东西。
3、最老的义是"蚝卵、小牡蛎"（oyster spat），来源不详；GRE 阅读考的是"小争吵"那个义，配动词：the two had a spat over money。
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词族 · spat
英语词源
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spat: English has three words spat (not counting the past form of spit). The oldest, ‘young of an oyster or similar shellfish’ [17], comes from Anglo-Norman spat, but the origins of that are unknown. Spat ‘shoe covering’ [19] is short for the earlier spatterdash [17]. This was a compound formed from spatter [16] (a word based ultimately on the sound of spattering) and dash (used here in the now archaic sense ‘splash violently’). Spat ‘tiff’ [19] originated in the USA, but its ancestry is not known.
- spat (n.1)
- "petty quarrel," 1804, American English, of unknown origin; perhaps somehow imitative (compare spat "smack, slap," attested from 1823).
- spat (n.2)
- "short gaiter covering the ankle" (usually only in plural, spats), 1779, shortening of spatterdash "long gaiter to keep trousers or stockings from being spattered with mud" (1680s), from spatter and dash (v.).
- spat (n.3)
- "spawn of a shellfish," especially "spawn of an oyster," also "a young oyster," 1660s, of unknown origin, perhaps from the past tense of spit (v.1).
权威例句
- 1. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."
- “该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。”
- 2. He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes.
- 他感觉就像有一条蛇朝自己的双眼里喷射了毒液。
- 3. He spat out "I don't like the way he looks at me."
- 他愤愤地说：“我讨厌他那样看着我。”
- 4. They spat at me and taunted me.
- 他们朝我吐唾沫，还嘲笑我。
- 5. He hawked and spat.
- 他用力咳了咳，吐了口痰。