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
Follow the recipe properly or it will never come out right.
照着菜谱说的做，不然的话，味道就不对。
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
大贼脱身去，小贼被吊死。
and that their rims are clean and dry.
瓶口清洁干燥。