Sprat
n. 西鯡, 瘦小個子
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
sprat
n
1 small edible European sea-fish of the herring family 西鯡（歐洲產的可食小海魚）.
2 (idm 習語) a ,sprat to catch a `mackerel (saying 諺) relatively small or unimportant thing that is offered or sacrificed in the hope of getting sth much bigger or better 用小魚釣大魚; 吃小虧占大便宜.
??? 情景例句
Follow the recipe properly or it will never come out right.
照著菜譜說的做，不然的話，味道就不對。
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
大賊脫身去，小賊被吊死。
and that their rims are clean and dry.
瓶口清潔干燥。