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shrewish

英式英标[\'ʃruɪʃ]
美式音标[\'ʃruːɪʃ]

adj. 泼妇一样的；爱骂街的；脾气暴躁的

中文词源

shrewish 女人脾气坏的

来自 shrew,泼妇，悍妇，-ish,形容词后缀。

英文词源

shrewish (adj.): late 14c., "wicked, malignant," from shrew + -ish. Of women, "malignant and scolding," from 1560s. Related: Shrewishly; shrewishness.

实用例句

1. Even her own party considered her shrewish and nagging, and cold-shouldered her in the corridors.: 就连她自己团队里的人都认为她泼妇似的，又爱唠叨，在走廊里看见她也不爱搭理她。

2. Would he leave his shrewish wife, sell the Two Lions and live like a king?: 他会不会离开那位厉害的妻子, 把“双狮”卖掉,去过国王一样的生活?

3. He had gone into the tar - roofing business in order to support his shrewish wife, Zilla.: 为了供着他那刁泼的妻子齐拉,他改行做了沥青房顶生意.

4. The old fisherman was cursed by his shrewish wife.: 老渔夫被他那厉害的老婆骂了一痛.

5. A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish.: 被认为是不名誉的或泼辣的女人.

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