harridan
英 ['h?r?d(?)n]
美['h?r?d?n]
- n. 脾氣暴躁的老潑婦；枯槁的老婦人
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?harridans;
中文詞源
harridan 潑婦
詞源不詳，可能來自法語haridelle,老馬。引申詞義可憐的人，潑婦。
英文詞源
- harridan (n.)
- 1700, "one that is half Whore, half Bawd" ["Dictionary of the Canting Crew"]; "a decayed strumpet" [Johnson], probably from French haridelle "a poore tit, or leane ill-favored jade," [Cotgrave's French-English dictionary, 1611], attested in French from 16c., a word of unknown origin.
雙語例句
- 1. She was a mean old harridan.
- 她是個刻薄的老潑婦。
來自辭典例句