harridan

美 [ˈhærɪdən]英 [ˈhærɪdən]
  • n.脾气暴躁的讨厌女人;泼妇

复数: harridans

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noun

old-fashioned or literary脾气暴躁的讨厌女人;泼妇
a bad-tempered unpleasant woman

harridan

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 泼妇;恶婆;母夜叉
    If you call a woman a harridan, you mean that she is unpleasant and speaks too forcefully.

    She was a mean old harridan.

    她是个刻薄的老泼妇。

noun

1
a scolding (even vicious) old woman

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  1. Hard to believe that this scrawny , hatchet-faced harridan was Lily 's sister , but yes , somehow she bore the traces which marked one who had had the love – however unrequited – of a powerful witch .

    很难相信这个干瘦的,马脸的泼妇是莉莉的姐姐,但是,是的,以某种方式深深刻进她脸庞里的痕迹显示着她是那个强大女巫所爱的人&尽管是未曾回报的爱。

  2. Homer 's epic is not just composed of harridan wives and brave men .

    荷马的史诗不是只有暴躁的妻子和勇敢的战士。

  3. He 's got an absolute harridan of a mother-in-law .

    他有一个绝对凶狠暴躁的岳母。

  4. Harridan ! You 'll see no mercy from me .

    别指望我会对你手下留情!