释义 |
harridanhar‧ri‧dan /ˈhærɪdən/ noun [countable] old-fashioned harridanOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from French haridelle ‘old horse, thin woman’ - A doormat for that bullying old harridan to wipe her feet on.
- Approaching the lodging house it looks as if the old harridan has got a gang together to repel unwelcome boarders.
- He reached for the lamp a second time, feeling the bed shake as the harridan prepared to make her escape.
- I can be an old harridan but I try to be controlled.
- Sometimes she seemed such a gullible innocent, sometimes she was an infuriating harridan, sometimes a malevolent witch.
- With a roar, he turned on the harridans and flew at them, and the harridans were beset with physical chastisement.
a bad-tempered unpleasant woman |