harridan

英 [ˈhærɪdən]

美 [ˈhærɪdən]

n.  脾气暴躁的讨厌女人; 泼妇

复数：harridans　

GREIELTS

BNC.35685 / COCA.38420

牛津词典

noun

• 脾气暴躁的讨厌女人；泼妇
  a bad-tempered unpleasant woman

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 泼妇;恶婆;母夜叉
  If you call a woman aharridan, you mean that she is unpleasant and speaks too forcefully.
  1. She was a mean old harridan.
     她是个刻薄的老泼妇。

英英释义

noun

• a scolding (even vicious) old woman

双语例句

• She was a mean old harridan.
  她是个刻薄的老泼妇。
• Harridan! You'll see no mercy from me.
  别指望我会对你手下留情！
• 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。
• He's got an absolute harridan of a mother-in-law.
  他有一个绝对凶狠暴躁的岳母。