sprat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
  2. Any of various similar fish of other genera.
  3. Anything petty or insignificant. broadly
  4. A sixpence. UK,obsolete,slang
    — The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
动词 v.
  1. To manure (land) with sprats (the fish). historical,transitive
    — […] spratting the land. This treatment is supplemented by about half a ton of artificial manure, largely made up of a mixture of superphosphate and some nitrogenous manure.

词形变化

sprat plural sprats plural sprats present,singular,third-person spratting participle,present spratted participle,past spratted past

词汇关系

衍生词
a sprat to catch a mackerel throw a sprat to catch a mackerel European sprat slender sprat spratlike spratter
相关词
spratting pilchard sardine

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
词源 2
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
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