sprat 的定义
plural sprats, sprat for 1.
- a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- a small or inconsequential person or thing.
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- Thomas Sprat, an English prelate and poet, died; he was distinguished as a writer, and rewarded with preferments.
- The Judge inquired if that was the sole object of the plaintiff, or was it not rather baiting with a sprat to catch a herring?
- Baxter—so soon as it is ready—will let you see a proof of my introduction, which is only sent out as a sprat to catch whales.
- Stow-boating is really sprat catching, and no one can exactly explain the meaning of the term.
- It is particularly abundant at Teignmouth, where it is known as the Sand Sprat, and forms an important article of diet.