英语词汇spat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spat
词源	spat. A little, petty fight; tiff the English would say. This Americanism was first recorded in 1804, but no one has estab- lished its origin. Perhaps, if I may guess, it is from the sound made by a slap in a fight.
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