termagant
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈtɜː.mə.ɡənt]
- 美式音标 [ˈtɝː.mə.ɡənt]
- 国际音标 ['tə:məɡənt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.悍妇；泼妇；(早期英国戏剧中虚构的伊斯兰教的)狂暴之神
- adj.蛮横的；暴躁的
- Termagant.
英汉例句
- Only his termagant wife and her friends call him “Basil”.
只有他好争吵的婆娘和她的朋友称他为“巴兹尔”。 - The angel that Pierre had married in Madagascar had become a termagant, blinded by jealousy.
皮尔斯从马达加斯加娶回的天使，被嫉妒蒙蔽了双眼，变成了泼妇。 - From even this stronghold the unlucky rip was at length routed by his termagant wife.
即使在这样的堡垒里，不幸的瑞普到底还是被他那凶悍的老婆赶出来了。
双语例句
英英字典
- a woman who argues noisily to get or achieve what she wants
- a shrewish woman scold
- (as modifier)