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单词 sprat
释义

sprat

noun

ˈsprat How to pronounce sprat (audio)
plural sprats also sprat
1
a
: a small European marine fish (Sprattus sprattus) of the herring family

called also brisling

b
: any of various small or young fish (such as an anchovy) related to or resembling the herrings
2
: a young, small, or insignificant person

Synonyms

  • bairn [chiefly Scottish]
  • bambino
  • bud
  • chap [Southern & Midland]
  • chick
  • child
  • cub
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddy
  • kiddo
  • moppet
  • sprout
  • squirt
  • whelp
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth
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Example Sentences

planning to spend their vacation at a couples-only resort where they would not be bothered by snotty-nosed sprats
Recent Examples on the Web Baltic Sea sprat smoked with heather and chamomile, say — to stretch your taste beyond its comfort zone and perhaps prime your next order. New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021 If left to swim downstream by themselves, some of the sprats would get lost and overheated in the stagnant reservoirs behind each dam; despite screens, others would be ground up in the turbines. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 In the Baltic Sea, juvenile herring and sprat – another small herring-like fish – have more food available to them in warm years than in cool years, and have also benefited from warming. Chris Free, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

alteration of Middle English sprot, from Old English sprott

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

sprat

noun

as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood planning to spend their vacation at a couples-only resort where they would not be bothered by snotty-nosed sprats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • kid
  • child
  • juvenile
  • cub
  • chick
  • bud
  • youngster
  • moppet
  • bairn
  • teenager
  • whelp
  • baby
  • youth
  • monkey
  • chap
  • squirt
  • kiddie
  • adolescent
  • kiddo
  • youngling
  • sprout
  • teen
  • kiddy
  • bambino
  • urchin
  • infant
  • neonate
  • lad
  • tyke
  • toddler
  • tot
  • bantling
  • rascal
  • schoolboy
  • weanling
  • minor
  • stripling
  • tike
  • jackanapes
  • newborn
  • schoolchild
  • nipper
  • imp
  • whippersnapper
  • nestling
  • devil
  • cherub
  • rug rat
  • babe
  • preschooler
  • tween
  • schoolgirl
  • preteen
  • teener
  • schoolkid
  • hellion
  • mischief
  • kindergartner
  • rapscallion
  • shaver
  • rogue
  • tad
  • hoyden
  • teenybopper
  • preteen-ager
  • kindergartener
  • subteen
  • tomboy
  • bobby-soxer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adult
  • senior citizen
  • grown-up
  • oldster
  • middle-ager
  • elder
  • ancient
  • golden-ager
  • senior
  • old-timer
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