| 单词 | sprat |
| 释义 | sprat (once / 11322 pages) n WORD FAMILY sprat: sprats USAGE EXAMPLESHerrings, sprats, eels, oysters, mussels, cockles and whelks, were all popular, as were cod and haddock. BBC(Oct 15, 2016) Getting slimmer and slimmer and trimmer and trimmer, Behold, Mrs. Sprat had reduced! New York Times(Jun 12, 2016) Cod eat sprats and herrings while herrings and sprats feed on the eggs of cod, meaning the health of one stock affects the others. Reuters(Mar 16, 2016) 1n small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines Syn|Hyper brisling herring valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled 2n small herring processed like a sardine Syn|Hyper Clupea sprattus, brisling sardine any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned |
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