Sprat
n. 西鲱, 瘦小个子
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
sprat
n
1 small edible European sea-fish of the herring family 西鲱（欧洲产的可食小海鱼）.
2 (idm 习语) a ,sprat to catch a `mackerel (saying 谚) relatively small or unimportant thing that is offered or sacrificed in the hope of getting sth much bigger or better 用小鱼钓大鱼; 吃小亏占大便宜.
🗣️ 情景例句
Of course, Harry. I want what's best for you,
当然， Harry。我要的是对你最有利的事,
No,I don't understand.
不，我不明白。
However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。