termagant

英式音标：[ˈtɜ:məgənt]

美式音标：[ˈtɜrməgənt]

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概况：

adj. 暴躁的；凶悍的；好争吵的

n. 泼妇；悍妇

词义：

n.

泼妇，好吵架的女人；

英英释义

termagant[ 'tə:məɡənt ]

n.a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

同义词：shrew

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?
虎妞虽然厉害，但是没了她怎能成个家呢？

用作形容词(adj.)

A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
从某些方面来说,有一个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是一种可以忍受的福气。

权威例句

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同义词：virago,shrew,fierce,cranky

英语词源：

termagant (n.)

c. 1500, "violent, overbearing person" (especially of women), from Teruagant, Teruagaunt (c. 1200), name of a fictitious Muslim deity appearing in medieval morality plays, from Old French Tervagant, a proper name in Chanson de Roland (c. 1100), of uncertain origin. As an adjective from 1590s.

造句：

1. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?

虎妞虽然厉害，但是没了她怎能成个家呢？

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2. 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。

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3. 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。

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4. A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.

从某些方面来说，有一个泼辣的妻子，也可以看作是相当有福气的。

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5. 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。

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6. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.

因此，从某些方面来说，有个泼辣的妻子，也可以看作是相当有福气的。

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7. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?

虎妞虽然厉害，但是没了她怎能成个家呢？

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8. But he knew Tigress would never agree to it. Marriage had ended his freedom, and on top of that Tigress was such a termagant.

他可也准知道，虎妞绝对不会放手他，成了家便没了自由，而虎妞又是特别的厉害。

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