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单词 harridan
释义
harridanhar‧ri‧dan /ˈhærɪdən/ noun [countable] old-fashioned Word Origin
WORD ORIGINharridan
Origin:
1600-1700 Perhaps from French haridelle ‘old horse, thin woman’
Examples
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  • 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
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