sprat

noun

1. 黍鲱，西鲱（海生，栖于欧洲，可食）
   a very small European sea fish that is used for food

1. 西鲱，黍鲱(产于欧洲的一种小海鱼，可食用)
   Sprats are very small European sea fish which can be eaten.

1. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean.
   杰克·斯布拉特不吃肥肉，他的夫人不吃瘦肉。所以，你知道，他们一起吃饭的时候，盘子被舔得干干净净。
2. Every week I invest a pound on the football pools. It's a sprat to catch a mackerel because one day I could win a million.
   每星期我花一英镑赌足球普尔，这完全是一种小小冒险以求大利的行动，因为可能有一天我会赢100万。
3. Large predators were sustained by populations of prey fish, pilchards, herring, sprat and others, far greater in abundance than those present today.
   大型食肉动物是靠猎物鱼，沙丁鱼，鲱鱼，鲱等来生存的，大大的比现在的数量种类丰富。
4. When I was done I carefully buried my leavings, as my dad had taught me before he died, when I was a sprat no older than the fisherman who had named the road for me.
   吃完后，小心把垃圾清理干净，这是爸爸在我和那个男孩差不多年纪的时候教我的规矩。
5. The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish.
   年幼的青鱼、鲱鱼或类似的鱼。
6. Unfortunately, the academic circle still lacks of the research on innovative mechanism of the venture capital institution. This paper hopes to do some exploring research in this field, which must be a "throw a sprat to catch a whale" action.
   遗憾的是，学术界还缺乏对创业投资制度创新机制问题的研究，本文希望对这个问题进行探索性的研究，这无疑是一个抛砖引玉的举动，希望能够对学术界有些许的启示。

noun

1. small herring processed like a sardine

   Synonym:    brislingClupea sprattus

2. small fatty European fish

   Synonym:    brisling