shrew
英[?ru?]
美[?ru]
- n. 潑婦，悍婦
詞態變化
復數:?shrews;
助記提示
1. 諧音“戲辱、喜辱”-----喜歡辱罵人的女人(因為第一個音與“she”相同，所以是女人)。
2. 諧音“鼠如”-----如鼠----鼩鼱。
3. 莎翁著名喜劇：The Taming of the Shrew(馴悍記)，多次翻拍成電影。
4. 諧音“喜怒、she怒、媳怒”------喜歡發怒的女人(因為該單詞的第一個音與“she”相同，所以是女人)-------喜歡發怒的女人，當然就是“悍婦，潑婦”了。
中文詞源
shrew 鼩鼱，潑婦，悍婦
來自古英語 screawa,鼩鼱，可能最終來自 PIE*sker,切，劈，詞源同 shear,share,shard.詞義由 切，劈引申詞義咬，后用以命名這種老鼠，因其尖利的牙齒而得名。引申詞義潑婦，悍婦。
英文詞源
- shrew (n.)
- small insectivorous mammal, Old English screawa "shrew-mouse," unknown outside English, and "the absence of evidence for the word between the OE. period and the 16th c is remarkable" [OED]. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skraw-, from PIE *skreu- "to cut; cutting tool" (see shred (n.)), in reference to the shrew's pointed snout. Alternative Old English word for it was scirfemus, from sceorfan "to gnaw."
The meaning "peevish, malignant, clamorous, spiteful, vexatious, turbulent woman" [Johnson] is late 14c., from earlier sense of "spiteful person" (male or female), mid-13c., traditionally said to derive from some supposed malignant influence of the animal, which was once believed to have a venomous bite and was held in superstitious dread (compare beshrew). Paired with sheep from 1560s as the contrasting types of wives.
雙語例句
- 1. He found himself married to a vulgar shrew.
- 他發現自己跟一個俗不可耐的悍婦結了婚.
來自辭典例句
- 2. North American shrew with tail less than half its body length.
- 北美洲鼩鼱,尾巴比其身體的一半還短.
來自互聯網
- 3. The shrew stands at the door and keeps shouting abuse.
- 那個潑婦站在門口,不停地嫚罵.
來自互聯網
- 4. The nice girl he had married grew into a shrew.
- 那個本來挺和藹的女孩結婚后成為了一個潑婦.
來自互聯網
- 5. Every man can rule a shrew but he who has her.
- 潑婦人人都能制服,只有她的丈夫例外.
來自互聯網