n.西鲱鱼；小个子
The main species caught were cod, sprat, Baltic sprat, plaice, turbot, salmon, and smelt. 主要的品种类是鳕鱼、鲱鱼、白令海鲱、鲽鱼、大鲮鲆、大马哈鱼和胡瓜鱼。
He sent her a box of her favourite chocolates. It was a sprat to catch a mackerel, and he waited eagerly for her reply. 他送给她一盒她最喜欢吃的巧克力，这是想吃小亏占大便宜，现在他正迫切地等待着她的反应。
They are ordinary sprat, thin and small, keen-witted and capable. 他俩一个是不起眼的小个子，瘦小精干。
That sprat should come to barkeeper 20 bottles of beer, receive to be drunk readily with nothing left, the eye was not blinked. 那小个子向酒保要来20瓶啤酒，一口接一口喝得精光，眼都没眨一下。
