spatnoun詞源 2/spæt/

• 1

  The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.

  • As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry.
  • But Orata’s oysters were, like the dormice and fish, collected in the wild, as spat.
• 2

  A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.

  • Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat.
  • If the spat are allowed to remain attached to the tank bottom for more than two days, they are difficult to remove without damage to the shell.

spatverb詞源 2/spæt/

• 1

  To spawn, used of shellfish as above.

spatnoun詞源 3/spæt/

• 1

  A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

• 2

  automotivetransportvehiclesA piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

• 3

  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

spatnoun詞源 4/spæt/

• 1

  A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

  • get into a trivial spat over punctuality
  • have a vicious spat with the cousins

spatverb詞源 4/spæt/

• 1

  To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.

spatnoun詞源 5/spæt/

• 1

  A light blow with something flat.

spatverb詞源 5/spæt/

• 1

  To strike with a spattering sound.

  • He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
  • "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.
• 2

  dialectalTo slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.

  • Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.

spatnoun詞源 6/spæt/

• 1

  An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• spit