sprat
/spræt/
词源链
- 英语English
sprat
词源说明
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
释义
名词noun
- 1Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
- 2Any of various similar fish of other genera.
- 3by extensionAnything petty or insignificant.
- 4UK, slang, obsoleteA sixpence.
动词verb
- 1transitive, historicalTo manure