常见短语
- old harridan: 刻薄的老太婆
- bitter harridan: 愤怒的女人
- domineering harridan: 盛气凌人的女人
- nagging harridan: 喋喋不休的女人
- screeching harridan: 尖声尖气的女人
- shrewish harridan: 龇牙咧嘴的女人
- cantankerous harridan: 脾气暴躁的女人
- rude harridan: 粗鲁的女人
- vicious harridan: 凶恶的女人
- shrill harridan: 尖锐刺耳的女人
- hateful harridan: 可恶的女人
- harsh harridan: 刻薄的女人
- unpleasant harridan: 讨厌的女人
- demanding harridan: 苛求的女人
- bossy harridan: 盛气凌人的女人
- imperious harridan: 盛气凌人的女人
- dominant harridan: 支配型的女人
- controlling harridan: 控制欲强的女人
- meddling harridan: 爱管闲事的女人
- harpy-like harridan: 雌鹰般的女人
深度学习
harridan (HARR ih den) Here’s another antiwoman noun that dates back at least as far as 1700. It means a “vicious, scolding old woman” and may come from the Old French word for “old horse” or “nag.”
- After years of being hounded, scolded, and maligned by his harridan of a wife, Mr. Snogworth snapped and had to be committed to the local psychiatric institution.
- As Malcolm lay in his bed, he could hear the landlady trudging up the steps, ready to reveal her true harridan nature by demanding the rent, complain-ing about his playing loud music, and chastising him (see the “Don’t Yell at Me” section) for smoking cigarettes in the apartment.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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harridan（HARR ih den）这是另一个至少可以追溯到1700年的反女性名词。它的意思是“恶毒的、责骂的老妇人”，可能来自古法语中的“老马”或“唠叨”
多年来，斯诺格沃斯先生一直被妻子的骚扰、责骂和诽谤，后来他大发雷霆，不得不被送进当地的精神病院。
当马尔科姆躺在床上时，他可以听到女房东艰难地走上台阶，准备通过索要房租、抱怨他演奏的音乐太吵、惩罚他（见“不要对我大喊大叫”一节）在公寓里抽烟，来揭示她真正的泼妇本性。
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