- a chicken or game bird split open and grilled剖开并炙烤了的鸡（或野禽）。
with obj.
1- split open (a poultry or game bird) ready for grilling剖开（家禽, 野禽）准备炙烤。
1.1
- informal, chiefly Brit. add (a phrase, sentence, clause, etc.) in a context where it is inappropriate〈非正式, 主英〉（不适当的）插入（短语, 句子, 从句等）：
a new clause has been spatchcocked into the Bill.
议案里添加了一条不太恰当的新条款。
词源
late 18th cent. (originally an Irish usage)： perhaps related to the noun DISPATCH+ COCK1， but compare with SPITCHCOCK.