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語源 1

古期英語 spittan, spætan.

動詞

spat

1. simple past and past participle of spit

   There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.

   If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.

語源 2

Uncertain; perhaps related to spit.

名詞

spat (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 spats)

1. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
   • 2005, TVR Pillay, MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices, page 525:

     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.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 243:

     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.
   • 2011, The Pearl Oyster‎^[1], page 256:

     Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat.

   • 1988, Bivalve Mollusc Culture Research in Thailand‎^[2], page 28:

     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.

動詞

spat (三人称単数 現在形 spats, 現在分詞 spatting, 過去形および過去分詞形 spatted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

語源 3

Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.

名詞

spat (複数形 spats)

1. (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.

   Coordinate term: gaiter

2. (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

   Synonym: (米国用法) fender skirt

3. (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.

語源 4

1804. American English, probably imitative.

名詞

spat (複数形 spats)

1. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.

   get into a trivial spat over punctuality

   have a vicious spat with the cousins

   • 2017 January 14, “Some Thais worry that a lasting power struggle is brewing. Others see a minor spat over language, which will quickly be forgotten.”, in The Economist‎^[3]:

   • 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:

     The downside of this cost-saving strategy was that the train service could only be covered by goodwill. Whenever there was a spat between ASLEF and management - regardless of cause - the withdrawal of this goodwill became a stick with which unions could beat management.

動詞

spat (三人称単数 現在形 spats, 現在分詞 spatting, 過去形および過去分詞形 spatted)

1. To quarrel or argue briefly.

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

語源 5

Attested from 1823.

名詞

spat (複数形 spats)

1. A light blow with something flat.

動詞

spat (三人称単数 現在形 spats, 現在分詞 spatting, 過去形および過去分詞形 spatted)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
   • 1922, B. M. Bower, chapter 3, in The Trail of the White Mule:

     He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.

   • 2007 July 13, Nolan Clay, “Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother”, in Daily Oklahoman, retrieved 25 Aug. 2009:

     "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.

2. (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
   • 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:

     Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.

語源 6

Latin spatium (“space”)

名詞

spat (複数形 spats)

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

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