sprat

n.

鲱鱼属的小鱼，瘦小个子，小人物；

vi.

捕西鲱鱼；

复数：sprats过去式：spratted过去分词：spratted现在分词：spratting第三人称单数：sprats

1. The main species caught were cod, sprat, Baltic sprat, plaice, turbot, salmon, and smelt.
   主要的品种类是鳕鱼、鲱鱼、白令海鲱、鲽鱼、大鲮鲆、大马哈鱼和胡瓜鱼。
2. He sent her a box of her favourite chocolates. It was a sprat to catch a mackerel, and he waited eagerly for her reply.
   他送给她一盒她最喜欢吃的巧克力，这是想吃小亏占大便宜，现在他正迫切地等待着她的反应。
3. They are ordinary sprat, thin and small, keen-witted and capable.
   他俩一个是不起眼的小个子，瘦小精干。
4. That sprat should come to barkeeper 20 bottles of beer, receive to be drunk readily with nothing left, the eye was not blinked.
   那小个子向酒保要来20瓶啤酒，一口接一口喝得精光，眼都没眨一下。

Use of SPRAT for peer review of paediatricians in training
FISH PRODUCTION AND CLIMATE: SPRAT IN THE BALTIC SEA
Status and future of herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea
Feeding preferences of herring ( Clupea harengus ) and sprat ( Sprattus sprattus ) in the southern Baltic Sea
Water uptake in herring ( Clupea harengus ) and sprat ( Sprattus sprattus ) as a function of area, salinity and fat content
Comparing the feeding habits of co-occurring sprat ( Sprattus sprattus ) and cod ( Gadus morhua ) larvae in the Bornholm Basin, Balt...
Inter‐annual variation in herring, Clupea harengus, and sprat, Sprattus sprattus, condition in the central Baltic Sea: what gives t...
Variation of antioxidant enzyme activities of sprat (Sprattus sprattus) larvae and organic contaminant levels in mixed zooplankton f...
Dynamics of moving masses: variability in packing density, shape, and size among herring, sprat, and saithe schools
Diel spatial distribution and feeding activity of herring ( Clupea harengus) and sprat ( Sprattus sprattus) in the Baltic Sea