英语词汇“harridan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

harridan

/ˈharɪd(ə)n

noun

A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman: a bullying old harridan...

By the 1940s, the mists of time had warped his vision to a few breast-plated harridans, some fire-breathing dragons and a liberal scattering of live animals.
She has been sitting there, chewing gum, and screaming like an old harridan.
In many ways I only have myself to blame for the centuries old convention of typecasting Jewish mothers as bossy, interfering, complaining, manipulating harridans who make the lives of all around them equal parts gluttony and misery.

Synonyms

shrew, virago, harpy, termagant, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress;

fishwife, hellcat, she-devil, fury, gorgon, martinet, tartar, spitfire

informal old bag, old bat, old trout, old cow, bitch, battleaxe, witch

Scottish & Northern Irish informal targe

rare scold, Xanthippe

Late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from French haridelle 'old horse'.

单词	harridan
释义	harridan /ˈharɪd(ə)n / noun A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman: a bullying old harridan... By the 1940s, the mists of time had warped his vision to a few breast-plated harridans, some fire-breathing dragons and a liberal scattering of live animals. She has been sitting there, chewing gum, and screaming like an old harridan. In many ways I only have myself to blame for the centuries old convention of typecasting Jewish mothers as bossy, interfering, complaining, manipulating harridans who make the lives of all around them equal parts gluttony and misery. Synonyms shrew, virago, harpy, termagant, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress; fishwife, hellcat, she-devil, fury, gorgon, martinet, tartar, spitfire informal old bag, old bat, old trout, old cow, bitch, battleaxe, witch Scottish & Northern Irish informal targe rare scold, Xanthippe Origin Late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from French haridelle 'old horse'.
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